I’ve been in a rereading mood. I started out by reading
Shadow of Night by Deborah Harkness
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is the second of her All Souls trilogy. I’ve read it before and I have no idea why I started rereading except it was on my iPad and my iPad was in my hand one night.
I moved onto
The Skystone by Jack Whyte
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
This is the start of my absolute favorite historical fiction series ever.
If all legends have a basis in fact, what are the facts behind the legend of King Arthur? If you strip the story of all the magic, what could have really happened?
It starts with Caius Brittanicus and Publius Varrus – two Roman soldiers. They see that eventually the Roman army will be recalled from Britain and the island will be lawless. They set out to fortify the Brittanicus lands and to recruit like-minded craftsmen and farmers to live in their colony called Camulod.
The second book is
The Singing Sword by Jack Whyte
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
After these two books the narrative is taken up by Caius’ grandson Merlyn. I came to love Merlyn but it was a hard transition to leave a narrator that I loved in Publius and go to another. The books get harder to read as they go because you watch this dream that the soldiers had get destroyed by the selfishness and immaturity of their descendants until it is finally demolished by that brat Arthur – but I’m not bitter.
I keep saying that I’m going to stop because it is just going to make me mad but I’ve started book 3.
The Eagles’ Brood by Jack Whyte
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
The historical detail in these books is amazing. You truly feel what it was like to live in these times in Britain.
What is your favorite series or what books do you reread over and over?
ENJOY your week. Looks like you had a good one last week.
Elizabeth
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I have Shadow of Night on my shelf. I read the first book and won this in a giveaway but haven’t committed to reading it yet. Glad you can enjoy rereads; I don’t do that myself but to relive a great story again is probably worth it. Enjoy your week reading. Good King Arthur type books you have selected there.
I love the Arthurian legend, and it seems like it’s pretty interesting to read about it in a different light 🙂
Happy reading.
I have lots of series that I like to re-read. I’m currently reading J. D. Robb’s In Death series but I like Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan series and Sharon Lee and Steve Miller’s Liaden Universe books too.
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