Author – M. R. Carey Pages – 329 Genre – Dark Medieval Fantasy/Folklore Publishing Information – Orbit Books, 6th March 2025 Blurb Eleven hundred and some years after the death of Christ, in the kingdom that had but recently begun to call itself England, I, Once Was Willem, rose from the dead to defeat aContinue reading “Once Was Willem – Review”
Category Archives: Historical Fiction
King Alfred’s Daughter – Review
Author – David Stokes Pages – 300 Genre – Historical Fiction Publishing Information – 28th March 2023, Book Guild Publishing Blurb King Alfred is dead and the achievements that made him great are in jeopardy. Rebels challenge the succession of his son Edward to the Wessex throne, and his old ally in Mercia is sick.Continue reading “King Alfred’s Daughter – Review”
Ràn’s Daughters – Review
Author – Kaitlin Felix Genre – Historical Fiction (Norse) Pages – 439 Publishing Information – Outland Entertainment, March 4th 2025 Blurb Gyda Fiskwif and her all-women crew of Viking merchants set out to Al-Andalus only to discover that treachery, rather than treasure, lies in wait. A vengeful fire to reclaim her ship, her treasure, andContinue reading “Ràn’s Daughters – Review”
Arthur – Review
Author – Giles Kristian Pages – 372 Genre – Arthurian Historical Fiction Publishing Information – Bantam, 6th June 2024 Blurb Years have passed since the clash of shield-walls echoed across the land . . . The Saxons are now the lords of Britain. And yet the bards still sing of Arthur – ‘In our darkestContinue reading “Arthur – Review”
Camelot – Review
Author – Giles Kristian Pages – 448 Genre – Historical Fiction Publishing Information – May 2020, Bantam Press The Blurb Britain is a land riven by anarchy, slaughter, famine, filth and darkness. Its armies are destroyed, its heroes dead, or missing. Arthur and Lancelot fell in the last great battle and Merlin has not beenContinue reading “Camelot – Review”
Lancelot – Review
Author – Giles Kristian Pages – 512 (Hardcover) Genre – Historical Fiction Publishing Information – Bantam Press, May 2018 Blurb The legions of Rome are a fading memory. Enemies stalk the fringes of Britain. And Uther Pendragon is dying. Into this fractured and uncertain world the boy is cast, a refugee from fire, murder andContinue reading “Lancelot – Review”
A Good Deliverance – Review
Author – Toby Clements Pages – 366 (hardback) Genre – Historical Fiction Publishing Information – Faber & Faber, July 2024 Blurb Warwick, 1468. One drowsy summer afternoon, Sir Thomas Malory – politician, courtier, outlaw, renowned author of Le Morte D’Arthur – is seized from his garden and dragged to Newgate Prison for reasons unknown. ShiveringContinue reading “A Good Deliverance – Review”
Litany of the Destroyer – Review
Author – Chaz Lebel Pages – 294 Publishing Information – Self Published, 7th September 2022 Blurb After a close encounter with a summoned demon, Sir Galien Banforth is left in fear for his immortal soul, bound by oath to a life of bloodshed for his king. When the world’s greatest kingdoms march to war, GalienContinue reading “Litany of the Destroyer – Review”
Dreams of Fire – Review
Author – Shauna Lawless Pages – 105 Publishing Information – Head of Zeus, 14th March 2024 Review Dreams of Fire is such a rewarding novella and I enjoyed it immensely! What I’m less certain of is whether to recommend new readers start here or to start with The Children of Gods and Fighting Men. IContinue reading “Dreams of Fire – Review”
The Saga of Ádís Rauðfeldr – Review
Author – Siobhán Clark Pages – 230 Publishing Information – Vraeyda Literary, 21st December, 2022 Blurb A woman emancipated. A woman condemned. A woman consumed. Women vindicated. The warmth of the goahti reveals the adze and the antler, the bone flute and the red cloak, which help Ádís maximize her agency in a patriarchal era.Continue reading “The Saga of Ádís Rauðfeldr – Review”
Spells and Spaceships 