Will be in London for the next couple of weeks, so no blog posts from me during that time.
Behave yourselves and I’ll be back, hopefully with some adventures to relate, in the middle of August.
Love ya all.
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A Few Words About Historical Fiction
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Dunstan
“Dunstan” by Conn Iggulden is a stand alone novel in the autobiographical novel category. The Dunstan in question is Saint Dunstan, builder of both Glastonbury Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral, and spiritual advisor to several early English/Wessex kings. Iggulden interprets some events from the life of Dunstan in very interesting ways! His Dunstan is far from […]
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The Confessions of Young Nero
Margaret George has made a career out of excellent pseudo-autobiographical novels. “The Confessions of Young Nero”, the first part of the life story of Nero, is a welcome addition. It starts with Nero’s earliest memories and goes up to the fire that destroyed much of Rome. Margaret George is taking an interesting path with this […]
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The Lantern Bearers
“The Lantern Bearers” by Rosemary Sutcliff is set in Britain at the time on Rome’s withdrawal. Aquila is a decurion who deserts, unable to leave his family, hiding as the boats leaving Britain pull away. Returning home, the family’s small homestead is attacked by Saxons, everyone killed except for Aquila and his sister Flavia. Made […]
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The Herald of Hell
“The Herald of Hell” is the best Paul Doherty novel in ages. The plot takes place literally days before the Great Revolt of 1381. So the atmosphere of the book is one of danger and fear. A clerk from the secret chancery of John of Gaunt is murdered in a brothel. His servant seeks sanctuary […]
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The Last King of Lydia
My good friend Andy on the Good Reads site recommended this book to me. Written by Tim Leach, “The Last King of Lydia” is about Croesus, King of Lydia who had the reputation of being the richest man in the world. In fact, we still refer to someone as being “as rich as Croesus.” And […]
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