The Scarlet Code
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1789. The Bastille has fallen... As Parisians pick souvenirs from the rubble, a killer stalks the...
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The Lilac Code: The Sisters, Texas Mystery Series Book 7
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Will a case of mistaken identity be the death of her? Madison Reynolds is looking forward to a...
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David McK (3721 KP) rated A Flight of Arrows (The Hundred Years War #1) in Books
Sep 17, 2023
Especially when it was on Amazon as #1 in archery.
Unfortunately, I found it rather sluggish in parts, with it never really gripping my attention the same way as a historical novel by Bernard Cornwell or Simon Scarrow or Angus Donald does.
This is set during the early stages of the 100 Years War (which lasted for 116 years), and is really a detective/spy story (rather than concentrating on the lives of the archers) as the herald Simon Merrivale investigates the assassination of an English knight , leading up to and including the Battle of Crecy.
Don't get me wrong - I enjoyed the history, and learning a bit more about the times and the background to the war; I just wish it had gripped me more somewhat.
Maybe the sequels will follow through on that ... ?
ClareR (6106 KP) rated The Whispering Muse in Books
Apr 15, 2024
Jenny is persuaded to work in the Mercury Theatre as a dresser to the leading lady - and to spy on her for the owners wife. Jenny has little choice but to do as she’s asked, and initially she just gets on with it. But soon she begins to actually like the woman she’s supposed to be spying on, which leaves her in a bit of a tricky predicament.
This was a really atmospheric, gloomy and unnerving read. If I’d been able to see the setting, I would have seen shadows in every corner. My skin was crawling just reading about it!
Laura Purcell has become an insta-buy author for me - historical fiction with a touch of threatening, unexplainable atmosphere would appear to be right up my street!
Fishing With Tolstoy
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FISHING WITH TOLSTOY is a timely and heartwarming story of friendship that pokes tongue-in-cheek fun...
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John le Carre: The Biography
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Over half a century since The Spy Who came in from the Cold made John le Carre a worldwide,...
An Elizabethan Assassin: Theodore Paleologus: Seducer, Spy and Killer
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In this first biography of Theodore Paleologus, new documentary evidence exposes him as a hardened...
The Invisible Library
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The first in a gripping, adventurous series, The Invisible Library is the astounding debut from...
The Sympathizer
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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 It is April 1975, and Saigon is in chaos. At his...
Untrue till Death
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Join Mercurius in another mysterious investigation! Perfect for fans of Andrew Taylor, C J Sansom, S...
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