It may seem like it’s taken me awhile to read The Mammoth Book of Egyptian Whodunnitsand okay, it has. Not all the stories were attention catching enough for me to read it quickly, plus it’s a fairly large book, hence the Mammoth part of it’s title. Even being a slow read, it was still a [...]
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Filed under: Fantasy, Historical, Mystery
In Michael Crichton’s posthumously published book, Pirate Latitudes,we find a swashbuckling adventure and interesting story of 17th century Jamaica. It tells the story of Privateer Charles Hunter who, with the aid of the Governor of Jamaica, has avoided being charged as a pirate while bringing in treasure for the British crown. While the difference between [...]
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Filed under: Fiction, Historical, Thriller
Beneath a Marble Skyis many things, but firstly it’s the story of love. Told from the view point of Jahanara, eldest daughter of Shah Jahan and his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, it is a fictional account of the events that may have led to the building of the Taj Mahal, one of India’s greatest monuments.
Jahanara, [...]
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Filed under: Fiction, Historical, Romance
I’ve actually had this book, The Prestige,since the movie came out in 2006. It ended up at the bottom of a stack of books and now that it’s been found again, I felt it was finally time to read it. For those of you who’ve seen the movie, it does contain most of the major [...]
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Filed under: Fantasy, Fiction, Historical
I wasn’t sure if I would like The Fourth Queen,but I found I was pleasantly surprised. Based on historical facts, the story takes place in 18th century Morocco, where slave markets where commonplace. While the story itself it fiction, it has enough fact in it to make it believable.
Scottish lass Helen Gloag is running away [...]
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Filed under: Fiction, Historical
