Sharpe’s Assassin by Bernard Cornwell
A great book series is hard to find. It is difficult to keep intriguing story lines and continue to develop characters. Cornwell is a master at both of these in...
Tag: Historical fiction
The Hidden Palace (The Golem and the Jinni #2) by Helene Wecker
Way back in 2013 I reviewed The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker and I was a big fan: A mix of history, romance, fantasy, folklore and psychological/philoso...
The Heebie-Jeebie Girl by Susan Petrone
This may be the real gift of this book and its real magic, Susan Petrone’s moving us from indifference to understanding and caring for others and our world, and...
Sword of Kings by Bernard Cornwell
Sword of Kings by Bernard Cornwell continues the chronicles of Uhtred of Bebbanburg in the Saxon Tales. Here is a brief summary of the book from the publisher: ...
The Horseman’s Song by Ben Pastor
The Horseman’s Song by Ben Pastor is another installment in the mystery series of Wehrmacht Officer Martin von Bora–this book is a prequel to the fo...
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
An ode to the vanished West that captures the splendor of the Rockies as much as the small human mysteries that pass through them, this svelte stand-alone has ...