Review:This should not be categorized as historical fiction. Or literature, for that matter. What a colossal waste of time. Terrible story development, unbelievably bad writing. Do not waste your time - I'm so sorry that I did. Read more

Review:Really well done research for the time period, a good mystery, and all of it REALLY well written!
The main character is realistically portrayed, and immediately likable. Mystery turns into a political plot, and back to a mystery again ;-) in quite unexpected plot turns. Read more

Review:These are short stories featuring Lord John Grey--shorter adventures in which he gets the better of the Hellfire Club, uncovers a copper smuggling ring and a ring of spies (on the field of battle). A great read. Read more

Review:This book was Not my favorite. Personally, I don't enjoy reading about gay love. But i'll read anything Diana Gabaldon writes, she is a truly gifted storyteller. Gabaldon's descriptions are unexpected and often hilarious. Her writing style is superb. Read more

Review:In "Red Gold," the fifth book of his loosely-connected Night Soldiers novels - all of which have featured different protagonists - author Alan Furst breaks form and returns us to the world of Jean Casson, the character at the center of the preceding volume, "The World at Night."

It is late 1941, and having, in the name of love, forfeited a chance to escape occupied France, former film producer Casson is living on the margins of Paris under an assumed name. He has lost the woman for whom h... Read more

Review:A great read. I voluntarily read and reviewed this as an arc. It is a delightful romantic story with several twists. The Duke and Annabelle are drawn to each other from the first meeting. The younger Duke is visiting Annabelle father to purchase some art pieces, one old Masters collection piece. There are some unsuspecting characters that turn up with the Reverend, one is his apprentice and one is the brother to the apprentice. This story has a great flow and a depth to the characters that keep... Read more

Review:Wilbur Smith is an awsome story teller and the sound of thunder is such a believeable adventure that it can actually put you into the character to where you can smell the african air and hear the lions roar at night, totally good read. Read more

Review:Smith fell off his pedestal long ago. This book is an example of how bad his work has become. There is the sentimental descriptions of people. Almost loving details of the beauty of nature and the delicate nature of people. But somehow the book devolves into comic book characterizations of the main characters. The got his romance elements of last are telegraphed and almost obligatory. The violence at times crosses the line of good taste i.e. describing a dog fight.
Through it all there is a s... Read more

Review:Quite a change from the swash buckle pirates and sea faring adventures of the earlier Courtney family adventures. This story teemed with self evaluation centered around the maturing of Sean Courtney from family tragedy, war, discovery of gold and the gaining and losing a fortune by shrewd business decisions. Friends were made and lost, lifelong loyalities portrayed and adventures were fast paced. The book is a real page turner and comes to a surprise ending begging for more chapters.

Wilb... Read more

Review:El narrador es inesperado. Tiene un tratamiento objetivo sus capítulos son cortos pero te mantiene interesado en la historia de tal manera que deseas seguir leyéndolo. Se lo recomendare a mis colegas. Read more