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… Read More »Review of Sword Song by Bernard Cornwell
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… Read More »Review of Pendragon’s Banner by Helen Hollick
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… Read More »Review of A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
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.… Read More »Review of Bran Hambric: The Farfield Curse by Kaleb Nation
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… Read More »Review of Ice Land by Betsy Tobin
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… Read More »Review of Hugh and Bess by Susan Higginbotham
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… Read More »Review of Warrior of God by Victor Verney
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… Read More »Review of Castles of Europe: From Charlemagne to the Renaissance
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… Read More »Review of The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco