Book Review: The Last Kingdom, by Bernard Cornwell
I’m always fascinated when an author I like switches point of view. And Bernard Cornwell does it admirably in The Last Kingdom, the first...
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Book Review: The Revenant, by Michael Punke
Michael Punke’s The Revenant is brutal, gripping, and perhaps too historically accurate for its own good. The story starts with a...
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Book Review: The Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco
On the surface, Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose looks like Sherlock Holmes in a 14th-century Italian abbey. There’s a murder mystery;...
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Book Review: And I Darken, by Kiersten White
And I Darken is the perfect title for Kiersten White’s novel about Vlad the Impaler’s origins. The plot (eventually) focuses on...
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Book Review: Stormbird, by Conn Iggulden
History rarely presents a neat narrative, and the Wars of the Roses are about as messy as it gets. Multiple royal houses battling for the...
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Book Review: All the Light We Cannot See, by Anthony Doerr
Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot See is aptly named. His World War II novel of a German boy and a French girl shines brilliantly...
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Book Review: Agincourt, by Bernard Cornwell
Recently, my dad asked if the first Bernard Cornwell novel he lent me in high school (Sharpe’s Eagle) set me on the path to majoring in...
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Book Review: The Century Trilogy, by Ken Follett
Historical fiction doesn’t get much more ambitious than the Century Trilogy, Ken Follett’s attempt at telling the story of the 20th...
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