Historical fiction has never been my favorite genre, but after reading three exceptional history novels this year, I have to change my opinion. And I´m slightly angry at myself, avoiding all these great books out there, simply because I have a wrong perception of historical fiction. Stupid, stupid m...
It's not Sansom's best book, but it's not bad. It's fairly well paced for the most part though it lags a bit in the middle and is probably longer than it needs to be. Despite it being well researched, and its meticulously planned alternate reality, at its core it becomes a run of the mill spy story ...
This was actually the first ebook I started when I first got my Kobo Glo. However, I didn't finish it until recently. Truth be told, I'd never made it past the 70 pages mark since I found the story slow and the Dutch translation, for lack of a better way to describe it, weird. Set between the Span...
It is no secret that I adore CJ Sansom's Matthew Shardlake series. You all know it. My kids know it. I should probably start a fan club. This book is one more reason to get your hands on some Team Matthew paraphernalia.The story in this installment of Matthew's story brings him in contact, once agai...
I don't consider myself much of a fangirl. I never joined Team Edward or Team Peeta. Never even swooned at the thought of Mr. Darcy. But you can sign me up for Team Matthew.In the fifth installment of Sansom's Matthew Shardlake mysteries our unlikely heroes are out to find justice and rescue the dow...
Another wonderful volume in C.J. Sansom's Shardlake series of historical mysteries, set in Tudor London. (The first is Dissolution.) This one is set in 1546, as Henry VIII is dying, there is a heresy hunt on at court, and Anne Askew is being burned at the stake in London. Queen Catherine Parr is...
This is one where I wish Goodreads had 1/2 stars. The time period was incredibly well drawn to the point where I want to go back and re-read some of the history to see if similar events happened. The only thing that keeps it from being 4 stars is I found the main character disappointing. I wan...
Three things I fear when I start a book. A book which is not borrowed but bought from my own savings, a book which with these three points can spell “Yawanathon” for me and can literally throw me into financial ruin for investing in a worthless adventure. Those three points are,1. The author’s procl...
It took me forever to:.... get into the story. Around half of the book there were scenes that were gripping, but other times anything distracted me from the story..... distinguish the monks. At the end, only Brother Guy, Edwig, Gabriel and Jerome were memorable..... accept Matthew Shardlake as the M...
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