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The Empire's Bladesmen: Forbidden Relics

Clay Vagrant

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Captain Shao Lian, a battle-hardened veteran of the Ming Dynasty’s imperial army, had become a...

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ClareR (6054 KP) rated Daughter of the Mists in Books

Nov 23, 2025

Daughter of the Mists

Elena Collins | 2023 | Fiction & Poetry

8.0

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Daughter of the Mists is an enjoyable historical fiction novel with a slip in time. In the modern day, Hanna has returned home from China to live on a farm in Norfolk, and Brea is an Iceni girl enslaved by the Romans.

I’ve read and really enjoyed a couple of Barbara Erskine novels, and Daughter of the Mists is very much in that style.

Hanna has dreamt of a girl, a slave, since she was a teenager, and when she returns to Norfolk these dreams become much more vivid. I really enjoyed how the narrative seemed to slip naturally from one time to the other. I wasn’t left wondering what was going on, or where I was in time. I found the Roman/ Iceni timeline fascinating, and there were some uncomfortable descriptions of what life was like under the Roman rule. It was also good to see that the Iceni’s had a much more liberated view of the role of women than the Romans did!

This is an ideal book for those who enjoy historical fiction, romance and a bit of time slippage!

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2470 KP) rated Seventh Day (A.D. Chronicles, #7) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

The latest entry in their Biblical historical fiction series returns us to the last year of Jesus' life as everyone seems to be plotting against him. But when Lazarus gets caught up in the plot, what will happen? I enjoyed this book much better then the last one, but it's constant switching from first to third person wasn't handled well.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/04/book-review-seventh-day-by-bodie-and.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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Hayley Hornibrook (48 KP) rated Innocent Traitor in Books

Jul 6, 2018

Innocent Traitor

Alison Weir | 2007 | History & Politics

7.0

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Alison is my favourite historical author - her characters are as close to their true stories as fiction can possibly allow them to be. She can get inside the time period and their heads to take the reader on an emotional and exciting journey. It is the plight of Tudor women she does this with best; and the two books about Anne Boleyn and Lady Jane Grey are my favourites. I have loved devouring her books - easy reads and original twists.

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B (62 KP) rated These Viscious Masks in Books

Sep 30, 2018

I received this book as an advanced copy.
I was initially intrigued because the description listed it as Jane Austen meets X-Men and I'd have to say that's pretty accurate. I randomly find myself thinking about it because I feel like I don't often read too many historical fantasy novels in the YA genre. Themes are similar to those found in many other YA texts but not in a tired, over done way. Looking forward to reading the next one.

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Emma (15 KP) rated Black 47 (2018) in Movies

Oct 11, 2018

A dark part of history mixed with a fictional revenge story

I had heard this movie was being made and I think the themes in it are very important. Many British people don't know about this dark part of their history and how intertwined their history is with Ireland. The revenge aspect of the film may be fiction, but the setting and historical aspects were very accurate.

I'd urge you to go and see this movie, but be prepared; it is very bleak.