Historical Fiction
The Boleyn Inheritance
The Boleyn Inheritance is Philippa Gregory’s latest in the “Tudor Court Novels” and it’s the book I’m currently reading. I’ve got to say that Henry Tudor is really starting to annoy me. He sucks young women’s blood. I’m trying to avoid glancing at that portait of him – he stands there smugly on the spine [...]
Fallen Angels
Title: Fallen Angels Author: Bernard Cornwell Publication: Harper Collins (7th Feb 2005) Paperback: 496 pages Rating: 1.5 out of 5 There is a sequel (?!) to A Crowning Mercy, Fallen Angels. The action takes place amidst the madness of the French Revolution. Sense the pattern? There is a Toby and Campion here too, but they’re siblings now. Toby is off [...]
A Crowning Mercy
Title: A Crowning Mercy Authors: Bernard Cornwell, Susannah Kells Publication: Harper Collins (24th Nov 2003) Paperback: 480 pages Rating: 2 out of 5 This formulaic tale of girl meets boy to have adventures is set in the turbulent era of the English Civil War. I can easily imagine a Hollywood treatment of the material. Campion is the woman at the [...]
Supping with Panthers
Tom Holland is the author responsible for my love of historical fiction. I read his Deliver Us From Evil and although it was below my expectations, I was hooked. Oooh, something about Dracula and Jack the Ripper in this book: two of my favourites. Byron makes an appearence too – as the very sexy Lord [...]
