by Rory Clements
I'm glad to be finally finished. That book felt like it took forever to read. If it hadn't been a More Historical Than Fiction read I probably would have dropped it. Maybe I should have dropped it. Oh well. It's not that it's a bad book or anything; I just couldn't get into it. I'm not sure why I ...
First of all, let's just take a moment to appreciate that I finally finished a monthly read for More Historical Than Fiction. Yay, me! I know, I know. That's not really applause worthy, but I'm taking my successes where I can get them. ;-) This book was a quick, enjoyable read for me. As a fast-p...
I appreciated this "Elizabethan Thriller" not so much for its mystery as for its historical detail and for the lively writing. I thought at first that making John Shakespeare William's older and less known brother was a bit precious, but fortunately it wasn't over-insisted upon and Will only made a ...
3.5 stars http://shelfandstuff.blogspot.com/2012/08/martyr-by-rory-clements.html
A short notice purchase, it was the best of sainsbury's limited selection... ... And it was truely dire! There was a believeable framework, but there was superimposed on this a far fetched mess of a story. Set in Elizabeth 1's reign, it concerns the unravelling of a plot by the Spanish to kill Sir F...
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