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Historical Fiction

Review: Bellatrix (Legion XXII #2) by Simon Turney

January 16, 2023 by Mada Leave a Comment

Synopsis: Warrior and combat medic of the Twenty Second Legion, Titus Cervianus, must fight the armies of the fabled Warrior Queen in this blistering new Roman adventure from Simon Turney. Egypt, 25 BC. Titus Cervianus is no ordinary soldier. And the Twenty Second is no ordinary legion. Formed from the personal guard of a conquered […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Reviews Tagged With: #Bellatrix, Ancient Rome, Aria Fiction, Histoircal Fiction, Rome, Simon Scarrow, SImon Turney, SJA Turney

Review: Ithaca (The Songs of Penelope #1) by Claire North

October 11, 2022 by Cassidee Lanstra Leave a Comment

A beautiful retelling of Penelope’s life through the eyes of goddess and protector, Hera.

Filed Under: Fantasy, Historical, Historical Fiction, Mythology, Reviews Tagged With: Claire North, Hachette Audio, Orbit, Orbit Books

Blog Tour Review: Essex Dogs (Essex Dogs #1) by Dan Jones

September 13, 2022 by chilcottharry Leave a Comment

Essex Dogs is a triumphant novel, full of moments, people and ideas that will stick with me for a very long time.

Filed Under: Blog Tour, Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction, Reviews Tagged With: Aries Fiction, Dan Jones, Essex Dogs, Head of Zeus

Review:  Roman Britain’s Pirate King by Simon Elliott

August 26, 2022 by Mada Leave a Comment

Synopsis: In the mid-3rd century AD Roman Britain’s regional fleet, the Classis Britannica, disappeared. It was never to return. Soon the North Sea and English Channel were over-run by Germanic pirates preying upon the east and south coast of Britain, and the continental coast up to the Rhine Delta. The western augustus (senior emperor) Maximian […]

Filed Under: Alt History, Historical, Historical Fiction Tagged With: Roman Britain Pirate King, Simon Elliot

The Children of Gods and Fighting Men (Gael Song #1) by Shauna Lawless

August 22, 2022 by Jennifer Sutton Leave a Comment

Synopsis The first in a gripping new historical fantasy series that intertwines Irish mythology with real-life history, The Children of Gods and Fighting Men is the thrilling debut novel by Shauna Lawless. They think they’ve killed the last of us… 981 AD. The Viking King of Dublin is dead. His young widow, Gormflaith, has ambitions […]

Filed Under: Adventure Fantasy, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Low Fantasy, Reviews, Sword and Sorcery Tagged With: Book Review, Debut Novel, Fantasy, Fantasy Book Reviews, Fantasy Debut, Orbit, Orbit Books

Review: The House with the Golden Door (The Wolf Den #2) by Elodie Harper

August 5, 2022 by Cassidee Lanstra Leave a Comment

Synopsis: The life of a courtesan in Pompeii is glamorous yet perilous . . .Amara has escaped her life as a slave in the Wolf Den, the city’s most notorious brothel, but now her survival depends on the affections of her patron: a man she might not know as well as she once thought. At […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Reviews Tagged With: Elodie Harper, Head of Zeus, Union Sq and Co

Review: Oathbound (Wolf of Kings Book #1) by Richard Cullens

July 30, 2022 by Mada Leave a Comment

Synopsis: First in an action-packed historical series featuring Danish warrior Styrkar, and his journey through the Battle of Hastings and the violence of the Norman Conquest. The champion of a dead king has nothing left to lose… And nothing more to fear.England, 1066. Styrkar the Dane stumbles wounded and delirious from the corpse-strewn battlefield of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction Tagged With: AriesFiction, Oathbound, Richard Cullen

Review: Shield Breaker (The Wolf of King #2) by Richard Cullen

July 13, 2022 by Mada Leave a Comment

Synopsis: Styrkar the warrior sails to dangerous lands in this thrilling new historical adventure from Richard Cullen. The sequel to Oath Bound, longlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize 2022. England, 1068: a land gripped in the iron fist of Frankish invaders. But the Conqueror does not sit easily on his fledgling throne. Rebellion is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Heroic Fantasy, Historical, Historical Fiction, Mythology, Reviews Tagged With: HeadofZeus, ShieldBreaker

Review: Shadow of the Eagle (The Borderlands #1) by Damion Hunter

June 10, 2022 by Mada Leave a Comment

Synopsis: Will Britain take him in… or mark him as its enemy?’A brilliantly realised world of Imperial ambition and native resistance’ Simon Scarrow’Wonderful, distinct characters … this is a terrific read’ Conn Iggulden Faustus Valerianus is the son of a Roman father and a British mother, a captive sold among the spoils after Claudius’s invasion. Now […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Historical, Historical Fiction, Low Fantasy, Mystery, Mythology, Reviews Tagged With: Ancient Rome, Canelo, Damion Hunter, Rome, Shadow of the Eagle

Review: Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

May 3, 2022 by Cassidee Lanstra Leave a Comment

A gorgeous retelling of Kaikeyi.

Filed Under: Fantasy, Historical, Historical Fiction, Mythology, Reviews Tagged With: Orbit, Redhook

Book Tour and Review: A Man Named Baskerville by Jim Nelson

April 25, 2022 by Victoria Gross Leave a Comment

Hello, all! Thank you for tuning into my stop on the Escapist Book Tours run of A Man Named Baskerville by Jim Nelson. Below, you’ll find information about the book and my review! I hope you enjoy.

Filed Under: Book Tour, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Reviews, Self Published Tagged With: A Man Named Baskerville, Escapist Book Tours, Jim Nelson, Self Published

The Wolf Den (Wolf Den Trilogy #1) by Elodie Harper

April 5, 2022 by Cassidee Lanstra Leave a Comment

A gorgeously written historical fiction novel set in a Pompeii brothel, following the life of a cunning and daring enslaved woman named Amara. Enlightening, engaging, and harrowing.

Filed Under: Historical Fiction, Mythology Tagged With: Elodie Harper, Union Square and Co

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