I really wanted to love this book, because I adore good historical fiction and find this era of British history fascinating, though I don't know as much about it as the later Middle Ages. This book seemed like a great opportunity to learn more through the eyes of a strong, intriguing female chara...
What a great surprise! I love it when GR or the digital library recommends books to me based on what I've read & they are right. Really hit it out of the park with this recommendation. Although I've read other biographies & historical fiction dealing with the middle ages, I haven't read or rea...
I found most of the characters flat and uninteresting. People are suddenly 'in love' for no apparent reason. Or a long held grudge is just ... gone. I can't get a feel for any of the characters and couldn't care if they lived or died. The pacing was extremely slow, yet fast. The book would jump a...
This book is based on historical fact, but is a fictionalized account of the last two Anglo-Saxon kings who ruled up to the invasion of William "The Conqueror" (or "The Bastard" as he was also known)."Yawn!" You might say...but you'd be wrong! It is a fascinating glimpse into medieval England whe...
The third and final installment of Helen Hollick’s Pendragon’s Banner Trilogy, Shadow of the King, finds Arthur and Gwen at Caer Caden, their kingdom in Britain. Arthur has been king for 11 years and though they are both still grieving over the deaths of their sons, they are basking in the love ...
As Uthr Pendragon battles to overthrow the tyrant Vortigern tragedy strikes. There is only one man who can lead Britain from the chaos of darkness into a new age of glory. Protected since birth, he is revealed as the new Pendragon.
Jesamiah Acorne, Captain of the Sea Witch, has received a pardon for his crimes of piracy; but is still unable to free his love Tiola Oldstagh from her unhappy mariage to Stefan van Overstratten. As a white witch Tiola has the means of saving herself but refuses to use her craft, so Jesamiah must...
Tiola repeated, incredulous. “Is this one of Bella’s jests?”“I assure you Miss Oldstagh, it is no jest. I am here to do precisely that!” Into the cluttered room walked a tall, slim man in his late twenties, fashionably dressed in a neat green velvet coat, white breeches, silver-buckled shoes. He ...
Jesamiah lifted the lantern higher, caught sight of his woman a few yards ahead. “What the fok are you doing in the dark by the river? What if you’d fallen, hurt yourself?”“That is not likely, luvver, I can see perfectly where I set my feet.”“Without a lantern?” He was standing before her now, pe...