The Reckoning
Format: kindle
ASIN: B0099XZ202
Publish date: April 14th 2009
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Pages no: 608
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
20th Century,
Adult,
Medieval,
Historical Romance,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit
Series: Welsh Princes (#3)
I can now say I've read all of Penman's novels, a baker's dozen of them, and my favorites remain The Sunne in Splendour and the first novel in the Welsh Princes trilogy, Here Be Dragons. I'd say this ranks just the next level down--a four and a half, rather than a five. Not to be counted among my fa...
I cannot believe this trilogy is over! I absolutely loved these books!! (longer review coming when I have time to write it!)
Follow on from "Falls the Shadow". Picks up after a gap of 5 years, and concentrates on the story of Llewelyn and the end of an independant Wales. I'm left with the urge the give Edward I a massive thump for being so blinkered and almost hypocritical, as well as to give David (Llewelyn's younger br...
The last book in Penman’s Welsh trilogy. This book was so insanely tragic, I can’t even tell you. I read it with a (metaphorical) hand over my eyes, thinking, “SURELY NOT. SURELY this will not actually happen as I think it’s going to.” But it did. Nonetheless, it’s very good. [May 2011]
What a great book. Along with an engrossing story I learned much about English history that I had never heard of before. I have to admit, some of the things that came up during the courtship/marriage of Llewellen and Ellen seemed absolutely bizarre, and then I searched the internet on these characte...
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