Sword Song: The Battle for London (Saxon Stories Book #4) by Bernard Cornwell
Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks; Reprint edition (December 23, 2008)
ISBN-10: 0061379743
Sword Song is the fourth book in Bernard Cornwell’s Saxon series. This series is becoming one of my favorites of all time. The third book, Lords of the North, was exceptionally good, but […]
Filed under: Bernard Cornwell, Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Book Reviews on February 15th, 2010 | 11 Comments »
Pendragon’s Banner by Helen Hollick
Publisher: Sourcebooks
ISBN: 1-4022-1889-3
Pendragon’s Banner is the second book in an Arthurian trilogy by Helen Hollick. The first book, The Kingmaking, shows how Arthur as a young teenager grows and comes to power as the High King of Britain. The second book shows how Arthur handles the position once he is there, as […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Book Reviews on October 31st, 2009 | 11 Comments »
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
Paperback: 784 pages
Publisher: Bantam (October 30, 2007), *hardcover edition published November of 2005
ISBN-10: 0553582038
I finally got around to finishing A Feast for Crows (AFFC). I had read about 700 pages of the 1,000 page saga months ago, anticipating the new book A Dance with Dragons (ADWD) would come […]
Filed under: George R.R. Martin, Fantasy, Book Reviews on September 28th, 2009 | 21 Comments »
OnlineCollege.org has created a list of 100 sites that are dedicated to reviewing books. Categories include the following:
General Fiction Reviews
Children and Young Adult Reviews
Collaborative Blogs
Industry and Professional Reviewers
History and Historical Fiction
Mystery and Thriller
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My site is actually listed at #56, under the History and […]
Filed under: Fiction, Book Reviews on September 16th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse by Kaleb Nation
Hardcover: 464 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky (September 2009)
ISBN-10: 1402218575
No gnomes. No mages. Etcetera. Such is the motto of the city of Dunce, a calm and peaceful city that takes great pride in ridding its streets of all forms of magic. Like any other city, it has a bank, and […]
Filed under: Fantasy, Book Reviews on August 31st, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Ice Land by Betsy Tobin
Paperback: 368 pages
Publisher: Plume (August 25, 2009)
ISBN-10: 0452295696
Destiny is everything. At the foot of the tree Yggdrasil, the Norns sit and spin the threads of fate. The shuttle carries the weft through the loom, moving back and forth, back and forth, until a pattern forms in the fabric. From that pattern […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Book Reviews on August 26th, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Hugh and Bess by Susan Higginbotham
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark (August 1, 2009)
ISBN-10: 1402215274
He was the son of a traitor. The prisoner of a queen. The lover of two women. The soldier of a king. And the target of something greater than all of these. He was Hugh le Despenser, the son and grandson of executed […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Book Reviews on August 10th, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Warrior of God: Jan Zizka and the Hussite Revolution
Author: Victor Verney
Publisher: Frontline Books (June 2009)
ISBN: 1848325169
When discussing Western civilization and the growth of society in medieval Europe, historians seem to give little attention to the events that shaped Central and East-Central Europe and how those events influenced the West. Victor Verney, in his book Warrior […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Book Reviews on June 29th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Castles of Europe: From Charlemagne to the Renaissance
By William Anderson, Photographs by Wim Swaan
Copyright 1970 - Paul Elek Productions, London; Random House, USA
Castles of Europe: From Charlemagne to the Renaissance is an older book — at least the edition I own — and you’ll likely have to find a used copy if you want to […]
Filed under: Castles, Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Book Reviews on June 16th, 2009 | 10 Comments »
The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Paperback: 552 pages
Publisher: Harvest Books; 1st edition (Sept. 28, 1994)
ISBN-10: 0156001314
The Name of the Rose is a book I read several years back and one I wanted to revisit here on my blog. This historical fiction novel set in medieval Europe is not for those looking for a […]
Filed under: Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction, Book Reviews on June 12th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
