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14 reviews
Ben Ames Williams

Chicago Review Press, 2006

Best Civil War Novel Ever
I first read this book in College 20+ years ago and have re-read it several times since. Before the internet made it easier to find copies of the book, everytime I came across a copy in a used bookstore I would buy it and give it to a friend because I didn't want the book to languish on a bookshelf unappreciated. It is a fantastic novel the follows a complex southern family throughout the ...

Oaken Rings

14 reviews
Ronald Fox

AuthorHouse, 2004

Oaken Rings is a MUST READ!!!
Ronald Fox's book "Oaken Rings" gives the reader a look at medival life from a modern view point.I was surprised at the amount of detail that the author was able to give and still create characters that you could empathize with in the story.After reading the story I had to share the book with other friends and family.All of them have been greatly impressed with the book.I can't wait to see where ...

The Bruce Trilogy: A Superb Trilogy About Scotland's Greatest Hero (Coronet Books)

30 reviews
Nigel Tranter

Hodder Headline, 1985

Tranter is indeed the master storyteller!
The Bruce Trilogy is actually a set of three separate novels written by Tranter about Robert the Bruce of Scotland, and I think enough previous reviewers have stated the basic outline of the novels that I don't need to restate it again. This was a fascinating story of an honorable, courageous man and an incredible military tactician, and his battle for freedom and peace for Scotland from the ...

Gods and Kings (Chronicles of the Kings #1)

21 reviews
Lynn Austin

Bethany House Publishers, 2005

Best Ever Historical Novel series based on Scripture!
I pass books on, this series I pass on, but want them back. The stories are rich and not at all trite. Rich spiritually and historically. Great character development. I especially like the novels that have an explanation at the end of where facts were gathered.

Musashi

122 reviews
Eiji Yoshikawa

Kodansha International, 1995

A wondrous and highly satisfying novel
I read Musashi 15 years ago, and I remember it vividly. It's such a sweeping, wondrous novel, I'm surprised it's not more famous than it is. I became a bit of a Yoshikawa fan from this, and visited his home, preserved as a museum, outside Tokyo. A beautiful serene place. Musashi, in retrospect, was highly inspirational to me as a writer, in terms of pacing, character development, and raw ...

The Quiet Gentleman

14 reviews
Georgette Heyer

Arrow, 2005

Jane Austen-ish Heyer novel: Regency satire
I am rereading this novel for the ump-teenth time (I have a much yellowed 1951 paperback edition of this novel, imprinted by ACE Books). I have always enjoyed this novel because there is something so very endearing about Gervase Frant, the 7th Earl of St.Erth. Upon this rereading I have noticed that the social comedy and satire in this novel is the *wickedest* of all of Georgette Heyer's ...

The Sunne in Splendour

142 reviews
Sharon Kay Penman

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1984

Bravo!
I bought this book for my Kindle and am besotted with it. I read it then read it for the second time without pausing and am now more than half way through a third reading. It is intoxicating and addictive. The language is glorious, the ambience exact and the characters full bloodied and three dimensional. Ms Penman seems to have used Kendall as her primary source and what excellent use ...

The Conquering Family

20 reviews
Thomas B. Costain

Buccaneer Books, 1997

Fantastic series
I am writing here for all four books instead just the Conquering Family. Its easier that way since most people who read the first book will definitely end up reading the rest of the three books. This series by Thomas Costain have been around for a long time. Its one of the easiest to read written history on ruling family of the Plantagenats who ruled England from Henry II to Richard III. That's ...

Redeeming Love

557 reviews
Francine Rivers

Monarch Books, 2004

Life changing
After having received this book as a gift, I was so impacted. I decided to use this book for our women's fellowship book club at church. The issues that the main character Angel struggles with, shame & rejection affect many. The probing questions at the end can ultimately work towards wholeness and healing. The strongest point in the entire story is the love of our Heavenly father as depicted by ...

Masqueraders, The

18 reviews
Georgette Heyer

Arrow, 2005

Oh those heros!
Of course, no Georgian ne Jacobean period piece would be complete without sword fights. When one of the fencers is a lady fencing to keep up her disguise as a gentleman, well! And things just get better. Of course, her brother is disguised as . . . . My favorite hero rescues the damsel in distress/disguise and fishes her brother out of hot water. It's all in a day's work from one of my favorite ...

A Girl's Best Friend (Spa Girls Series #2))

13 reviews
Kristin Billerbeck

Thomas Nelson, 2006

I love the Spa Girls....
From the outside, Morgan Malliard seemed to have it all ~ diamonds at her disposal, a father whom seemed to do anything for her...or did he?!? When you find out in the novel that Morgan's father had her sign papers about tax evasion/fraud, I was like, WHAT!?!!!?!? What an unexpected TWIST...and then when he threw the paperweight at her head that landed Morgan in the hospital...WOW, what a father, ...

Shadows and Strongholds

13 reviews
Elizabeth Chadwick

Time Warner Paperbacks, 2005

Just as Good as the Rest
Much of Elizabeth Chadwick's research is carried out as a member of Regia Anglorum, this is an early medieval re-enactment society. Her writing in recent books has become much more accomplished. She now writes about the period with the convictions of her obvious knowledge of the subject and has also made a subtle change from writing what were in effect historical love stories (nothing wrong with ...

The Ringed Castle (Lymond Chronicles, 5)

11 reviews
Dorothy Dunnett

Vintage, 1997

Philippa is a great character!
Most reviews of the Lymond series focus on Francis Crawford of Lymond, the enigmatic, often-tortured central character around whom all the other characters revolve. This isn't surprising because he is the central player on the stage. But my favorite character is Philippa, not just because she is genuinely good, but because whenever she enters a scene, it simply begins to sparkle. Dorothy ...

The Memoirs of Sara Harvey

10 reviews
Shauna Austin Grice

Xlibris Corporation, 2004

Bittersweet Memories
In her debut novel, Shana Grice has done an exceptional job in retelling the story of Sara Harvey of Louise, MS. Though the characters are fiction, their stories are so real that it you can see and hear them. The novel begins with an elderly woman, Sara Harvey, recounting the amazing story of her childhood - the joys and pains that made it memorable after several decades. She tells of her ...

Devil In The North Woods: A Novel Based On The 1908 Metz, Michigan, Wildfire

8 reviews
Walt Shiel

Slipdown Mountain Pubns, 2005

Keeps you coming back
"Devil in the North Woods" by Walt Shiel is a real barn burner. I kept trying to put out the fire. Walt's style kept me immersed in the story and fully engaged until way too late each night. I enjoyed the read and the education.

Japanese Tales (Pantheon fairy tale & folklore library)

11 reviews
Royall Tyler

Pantheon, 2002

A collection of 220 folk tales from old Japan
"Japanese Tales" is probably the best collection of Japanese folk tales available. Every conceivable piece of folk lore is packed in this book, categorized and deftly translated into English. A host of monsters, ghosts, demons and heroes are packed in tightly, their stories waiting to be discovered. Of course, with 220 stories in one volume, some of the stories are very short indeed, lasting a ...

Like Gold Refined (A Prairie Legacy, Book 4)

12 reviews
Janette Oke

Bethany House, 2008

Full circle
I fell in love with Clark and Marty in the traggic but sweet Love Comes Softly movie, so I had to order the series, eight books in all. The plot thickened with each child born to Marty and Clark. I connected with Marty the wife, Marty the mother, and Marty the grandmother. Then when Belinda [Marty's baby girl] gave her inheritance away and went back home without one thing to assist her aging ...

A Soldier of the Second Civil War

9 reviews
C. Daniel Manrique

AuthorHouse, 2004

Vietnam WAS America's Second Civil War!
In his preface to this OUTSTANDING book the author succinctly states: "By mid 1968 a great craziness had come upon the land. America's Second Civil War raged on two continents and the casualty count on both fronts soared as self-serving politicians, military leaders, covert CIA operatives and social extremists at both ends of the spectrum began eating their nation's young. They nearly succeeded ...

The Spanish Bow

14 reviews
Andromeda Romano-Lax

Harvest Books, 2008

¡Un libro fantástico!
I saved this book to read during a recent trip to Spain. It was incredibly exciting to read such a wonderfully detailed book about one of my favorite countries. In addition to weaving an intriguing story that spans several decades and follows the great events that occurred in Spain during the 20th century, Romano-Lax gifts the reader with wonderful descriptions of Spain's art, architecture, ...

Things Invisible to See

9 reviews
Nancy Willard

iUniverse, 2000

Defies categorization, as do all magical things.
I just ordered a hardback copy of this book, because my paperback is falling apart from so many readings! I was not surprised to see so many other reviews for a book so old; because this is a wonderful, magical book. I picked it up at a used book-store, even though it looked to be a "fantasy", which I don't read. But this novel cannot be wedged into any genre. If you love baseball, are interested ...

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