I have to confess that I was temporarily bamboozled by this book. It’s written so realistically, and Defoe (of Robinson Crusoe fame) claimed he stumbled upon this memoir and published it after cleaning it up a bit. It follows the adventures …
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Today I’ll be reviewing something very different from my usual military-historical fare. Fellow Weekend Writing Warrior Amy Braun’s recently released urban fantasy- Demon’s Daughter- is the first novel in the Cursed series, and was quite the exciting ride. Here’s the …
The Writer’s Guide to Everyday Life in Renaissance England: 1485-1649 by Kathy Lynn Emerson is a highly useful tool for anyone writing fiction set in that time period. It doesn’t directly relate to what I’m working on right now, but it …
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While I’ve enjoyed many books in my lifetime, there are only a handful that really grab me and don’t let go. Wolf Hall, and its sequel, Bring Up the Bodies, belong to the latter category. Friends who know my reading …
I swear this is not a book review blog. At least that’s not the only thing it is. I’ve just been doing a bit of reading lately. I tend to read fast, and multiple books at once, so things get …
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Simplicius Simplicissimus is considered the first German adventure novel and published around 1669. It’s still assigned reading for German schoolchildren and considered an important text for anyone interested in Germany during the Thirty Years War. Subtitled, “The life of an odd …
After reading so much military history, it’s easy to become blase about war. Endless battles, sieges, marches, treaties, mutinies, endless analysis of maneuvers both political and military. And even though I’m studying one of the more horrific events in history, …
Hey look! I’m reviewing an actual fiction book. Since I’ve been writing so much, it’s been very hard for me to read fiction. I seem to be, as Dean Wesley Smith (go read his blog, if you don’t already!) puts …
If y’all are getting sick of endless reviews of military histories, I do apologize, though I have no plans to stop in the foreseeable future. I just like this kind of stuff. That being said, this book, a rather academic …
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After so thoroughly enjoying Charles Spencer’s Prince Rupert biography, I picked this up, even though I really shouldn’t have. At this point, I don’t need to be dragged into the early 18th century, as much fun as it is. To be …
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