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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about Britannia - Season 1 in TV
Oct 14, 2017
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2084 KP) rated The Jerusalem Scrolls (The Zion Legacy, #4) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
The focus shirts from 1948 to 1st Century Israel for this moving story of Jesus's mercy and grace.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/02/book-review-jerusalem-scrolls-by-bodie.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/02/book-review-jerusalem-scrolls-by-bodie.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2084 KP) rated Jerusalem's Heart (The Zion Legacy, #3) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
The siege of Jerusalem continues in this gripping third novel. If you've been following these characters, you'll love this book.
Read my full review at <a href=http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/02/book-review-jerusalems-heart-by-bodie.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href=http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/02/book-review-jerusalems-heart-by-bodie.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The Photographer's Wife in Books
Oct 6, 2020
I just updated my review of Joinson's gloriously written historical fiction novel goes from Jerusalem in 1920 to Shoreham, England in 1937. Find out else I thought of this book in my review here. https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2016/02/13/through-a-darkened-lens/
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2084 KP) rated A Voice in the Wind (Mark of the Lion, #1) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
Danger and romance set after the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD as we meet the slave Hadassah and gladiator Atretes. Strong characters, story, and writing kept the pages flying by.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/02/book-review-voice-in-wind-by-francine.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/02/book-review-voice-in-wind-by-francine.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
David McK (3207 KP) rated Kingdom of Heaven (2005) in Movies
Feb 5, 2022
Watch the Directors Cut instead.
I remember that, back in the early 2000s, there was a sudden surge in the 'Historical epic' sub genre of movies, largely as a result of 2000s 'Gladiator'
This was one such movie.
Set in a little known period of history, between the Second and Third Crusades, this follows the exploits of the blacksmith Balian (Orlando Bloom), who follows his estranged father Baron Godfrey (Liam Neeson) to Jerusalem to attempt to atone for his sins.
Of course, being a movie, he then goes on to be involved in many great events, from shipwreck to meeting Saladin and (eventually) leading the defence if Jerusalem.
Not bad, but maybe a bit long and slow, with The Directors Cut doing a better job of tying the themes together, including a whole subplot largely dropped from the theatrical release regarding the romance he becomes involved in.
This was one such movie.
Set in a little known period of history, between the Second and Third Crusades, this follows the exploits of the blacksmith Balian (Orlando Bloom), who follows his estranged father Baron Godfrey (Liam Neeson) to Jerusalem to attempt to atone for his sins.
Of course, being a movie, he then goes on to be involved in many great events, from shipwreck to meeting Saladin and (eventually) leading the defence if Jerusalem.
Not bad, but maybe a bit long and slow, with The Directors Cut doing a better job of tying the themes together, including a whole subplot largely dropped from the theatrical release regarding the romance he becomes involved in.
ClareR (5589 KP) rated Templar Silks in Books
Aug 10, 2018
Historical fiction at it's best!
William Marshall is on his death bed and is looking back on his life. The Templar Silks of the story are the burial silks that he was given 30 years previously, when he became a secular Knight of the Templar Knights in Jerusalem. He promised that he would become a full member of the Order before he died, so he sends a trusted servant to collect the silk shroud from where he had entrusted it. While he waits for the silks, William slips into drug-induced remembrances of his time leading up to and during his time in Outremer. We learn of the riches of Jerusalem and those that ruled it; that King Baldwin had crippling leprosy, yet still ruled; and that those who ruled supposedly under the eye of God, did so only to gain more money and power (so, the same as everywhere else then, really!).
I'm sad to see that this is the end of William Marshall (I'm giving nothing away here!). I've enjoyed reading all of the books about him: even though they're largely speculation, Elizabeth Chadwick has still done her research in to the time very well.
I'm sad to see that this is the end of William Marshall (I'm giving nothing away here!). I've enjoyed reading all of the books about him: even though they're largely speculation, Elizabeth Chadwick has still done her research in to the time very well.
Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2084 KP) rated Ninth Witness (A.D. Chronicles, #9) in Books
Mar 9, 2018
In the wake of a failed rebellion in Galilee, we join several pilgrams to Jerusalem. The first in 9 year old Jude and his younger sister, recent orphans. The second is 12 year old Yeshua. What will happen when they all get there? Even though the story was familiar, I got drawn in by the characters. Unfortunately, I didn't like how they ended the book at all.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/04/book-review-ninth-witness-by-bodie-and.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/04/book-review-ninth-witness-by-bodie-and.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.
David McK (3207 KP) rated The Book of Eli (2010) in Movies
Oct 16, 2020
2010 post apocalyptic action/adventure, which is about as close as I've ever come to seeing the author David Gemmell's character of Jon Shannow (aka The Jerusalem Man) on screen!
Let's see the similarities:
Post apocalyptic? Check.
Essentially a Western? Check.
Lone survivor wandering the plains/roads? Check.
Said survivor looking for redemption? Check.
Whilst carrying/quoting from a Bible? Check.
Gunfights and bar-room brawls? Check.
Yes, there are differences - including a very big reveal at the end - but, all in all, there are a heck of a lot of similarities ...
Let's see the similarities:
Post apocalyptic? Check.
Essentially a Western? Check.
Lone survivor wandering the plains/roads? Check.
Said survivor looking for redemption? Check.
Whilst carrying/quoting from a Bible? Check.
Gunfights and bar-room brawls? Check.
Yes, there are differences - including a very big reveal at the end - but, all in all, there are a heck of a lot of similarities ...
