Historical Fiction

"Warriors in the Storm" is the latest instalment of Bernard Cornwell's "The Last Kingdom" series. Cornwell brings us a compelling tale of fierceness and bravery, creating characters that are real and down to earth, with fears and concerns that keep you entranced.

"The Yid" by Paul Goldberg is the kind of novel that rewards re-reading.

This intensively researched historical novel follows the travels and peripatetic career of a myopic, bookish Jew who travels to great cities of the ancient world and lives through adventures thrilling and horrible that throw light on what life was like two thousand years ago.

Justin Hill is a great story teller, and in "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny", he brings a strong group of characters together, weaving a fantastic tale of greed and revenge.

In "The Jericho River - A Novel About The History of Western Civilization" - David W. Tollen has created a group of characters both intriguing and eminently likable. Often the action is unbelievable, but also mythologically and historically correct in most cases.

In "Daughter of Sand and Stone" Libbie Hawker does a great job of taking you back in time to a place of war and beauty. She sets the scene with the complications of young women of the time, and how marriage is more barter than choice.

This gothic tale, set in anarchist-haunted, war-drained, superstitious Barcelona just prior to World War I, is a fictionalized account of the notorious real-life career of Enriqueta Martí, a serial child-killer and pimp.

In "Art in the Blood, A Sherlock Holmes Adventure" Bonnie Macbird has given us back the Sherlock Holmes of old, one whose flaws are a constant battle who yet maintains a sense of panache that creates trust in those who rely on him.

In Kelly Romo's novel, we are introduced to the lengths that people will go to when in trouble or need.

Interview with Joan Schweighardt, author of "The Last Wife of Attila the Hun".