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Erika (17788 KP) rated The Outcasts of Time in Books

Feb 9, 2019  
The Outcasts of Time
The Outcasts of Time
Ian Mortimer | 2018 | Fiction & Poetry
5
5.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Yet another book I waited so long for that ended up not being all that great. Ian Mortimer is a historian, so when I saw he was writing a novel, I was intrigued.
Well, the result was just ok. Two brothers end up catching the plague and get to live their last 6 days, 99 years in the future each day. The novel normally focuses on the changing customs, clothing, and it's deeply focused on religion. It was alright with me, but it's probably not what people thought they'd be getting into while reading this. I would deem this whole book as a sort of religious mediation. Overall, just kind of meh and a let down for me.
  
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Deborah (162 KP) rated The Roots of Betrayal (Clarenceux, #2) in Books

Dec 21, 2018  
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The Roots of Betrayal (Clarenceux, #2)
James Forrester | 2011
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
The Roots of Betrayal carries on where Forrester's first novel, Sacred Treason, left off. Really you need to have read the first book before this as it will make much more sense.

It is a real page turner, but on reflection, the plot itself is almost a sideline to the characters and scenes of fighting, torture, etc going on around them! Plenty of blood is spilled during the novel, so not one for the faint hearted!

Forrester homself, alias historian Ian Mortimer, may rail against the description of his novels as historically accurate, but there is certainly a good period feel in the novel, although I'm not sure I'd be hopping in the TARDIS just yet to pay a visit to William Harley if these novels are an example of an average day at the office for him!