05-01-2014, 09:15 AM
Thank you for the review Ben.
I have not read a vast number of historical fiction novels. However, I have to say that the ones I did pick up left me feeling very disappointed - clumsy, awkward prose, one-dimensional characters etc. Honestly speaking I found that to be true even for some of the more highly acclaimed authors.
Al that changed when I discovered Steven Pressfield a few years ago and this year finally read EITS. Needless to say, the latter has become one of my favorite books of all time, of any genre. I finished it at the beginning of this year and am itching to read it again - I can't remember the last book which really made me feel like that!
So again, thank you for the recommendations. I will now definitely check out those three other novels you mentioned while probably foregoing The Legate's Daughter for the meantime.
Btw, may I ask if you - or anybody else - has read Alfred Duggan's Winter Quarters and if so, what you thought of it?
Cheers.
I have not read a vast number of historical fiction novels. However, I have to say that the ones I did pick up left me feeling very disappointed - clumsy, awkward prose, one-dimensional characters etc. Honestly speaking I found that to be true even for some of the more highly acclaimed authors.
Al that changed when I discovered Steven Pressfield a few years ago and this year finally read EITS. Needless to say, the latter has become one of my favorite books of all time, of any genre. I finished it at the beginning of this year and am itching to read it again - I can't remember the last book which really made me feel like that!
So again, thank you for the recommendations. I will now definitely check out those three other novels you mentioned while probably foregoing The Legate's Daughter for the meantime.
Btw, may I ask if you - or anybody else - has read Alfred Duggan's Winter Quarters and if so, what you thought of it?
Cheers.
Omar
