Stephanie Meyer and Deborah Harkness need a lesson in what a vampire really is and that lesson is "The Fallen Blade". Jon Courtenay Grimwood has taken a step back (thank God) towards the more traditional vampire myth. However, what really drew me to this book was its setting in 15th century Venice -...
An excellent follow on from the Fallen Blade. Top quality fantasy that is full of subtlety and intrigue.It concerns the recently widowed Lady Giulietta, who has the German and Byzantine empires wanting their preferred suitors to marry her and control Venice. The fly in the ointment is Tycho, a letha...
Ich stehe den historischen Romanen mit einigen wenigen Ausnahmen eigentlich äußerst skeptisch gegenüber. Ihnen gelingt es nur schwer, mich in ihre Welt zu ziehen und dort auch zu fesseln. Umso mehr hat es mich überrascht, dass mir J.C. Grimwoods Venedig sehr gut gefallen hat. Der Autor hat einen vie...
'Dig' said the fox.Ooops - here I am diving in willy-nilly because Connie Willis's time slip is not suiting (can't win 'em all) only to find that this is 3rd in a series about an alternative modern day Tunisia. Sheesh.Like the Gurkas when they unsheath their Khukuris they must draw blood, once a boo...
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