A Traveller at the Gates of Wisdom
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Some stories are universal. They play out across human history. And time is the river which will...
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The Phantom Glare of Day: Three Novellas
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In this trio of novellas, three game young ladies enter into dangerous liaisons that test each...
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Lyndsey Gollogly (2893 KP) rated The Last Kingdom (The Saxon Stories #1) in Books
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The Last Kingdom ( book 1)
By Bernard Cornwell
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The Last Kingdom is set in the England of the ninth and tenth centuries. These were the years when the Danish Vikings had invaded and occupied three of England's four kingdoms, and when King Alfred, his son and grandson fought back and won the freedom of the country again. The story is seen through the eyes of Uhtred, a dispossessed English nobleman. Captured as a child and raised by the Danes, he now finds his allegiances divided. But the one thing he knows is that he wants to recover his father's land, the fort by the wild northern sea that we now know as Bamburgh.
Although this took me a while I absolutely loved it. I didn’t realise till I started reading that it was the inspiration for the tv show. I’m a huge fan of historical fiction and this was the perfect book. I’m looking forward to the rest of the series. I’m extremely grateful for the translation at the front of the book I would never have known those towns and cities in the old language.
Peach Blossom Spring
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With every misfortune there is a blessing and within every blessing, the seeds of misfortune, and so...
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The Dictator’s Muse
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It is the early 1930s, and Europe is holding its breath. As Hitler's grip on power tightens,...
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Stone Blind
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'So to mortal men, we are monsters. Because of our flight, our strength. They fear us, so they call...
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The Figurine
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When Helena inherits her grandparents' apartment in Athens, she is overwhelmed with memories of the...
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The East Indian
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Meet Tony: the first Indian to set foot on American soil. Among the settlers, slaves, and...
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The Final Crossing: A Tale of Self-Discovery and Adventure by Vince Santoro
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In this tale of self-discovery and adventure, we are connected with a history we've come to know as...
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Small Eden
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A boy with his head in the clouds. A man with a head full of dreams. 1884. The symptoms of...
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