“Pirate Latitudes
” reminds you more of “Eaters of the Dead” or “Timeline” (minus the time travel aspect) than Michael Crichton’s more famous books like Jurassic Park, Prey. And, like many historical novels starring pirates, it is a bit cheesy in pieces.
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The Privateers of Caribbean
Posted in action, historical fiction, tagged charles hunter, michael crichton, pirates, port royal on November 21, 2009| 11 Comments »
Echoes of the times present
Posted in alternate history, historical fiction, tagged haydrich, nazi germany, WWII on October 19, 2009| Leave a Comment »
One thing historical fiction (and sometimes, fiction) can do pretty well is to show the present in an entirely different light, thereby changing our perspective. “The Man with the Iron Heart
” by Harry Turtledove does it pretty well, mirroring some major events in our time.
The Story of Once and Future King
Posted in historical fiction on February 20, 2009| 14 Comments »
The title ‘Once and Future King’ is not lightly given, and there are very few kings (or queens) in history of the world who have so permeated into the psyche of a nation.
But in Helen Hollick’s “The Kingmaking ” (first of her Pendragon’s Banner trilogy), the story of Arthur is separated from its mythical aspects of magic and chivalry.
Clash of Legends
Posted in action, historical fiction, War, WW II on January 16, 2009| 2 Comments »
When I first started reading about WW II outside of history syllabus, the first hero who emerged was Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. Later, Commando comics introduced me to the other side: The legendary Long Range Desert Group (LRDG). “Killing Rommel” by Steven Pressfield is the story of the wars between these two groups.
The Devil Came To Collect
Posted in historical fiction, political, tagged michael dobbs, poland, roosevelt, stalin, winston churchill, world war, WWII, yalta on April 23, 2008| 3 Comments »
While the war started by Hitler was knocking on his doors, the three most powerful men in the world met at Yalta from 4th February to 11th February 1945, to discuss the future of the post-war Europe, and the world. The third novel in the Churchill’s War series by Michael Dobbs, Churchill’s Triumph: A Novel of Betrayal
is the story of those 8 days which plotted the course of many years to come.
The War of Playwrights
Posted in alternate history, historical fiction, tagged armada, harry turtledove, king philip, kit marlow, lope de vega, queen elizabeth, william shakespeare on March 29, 2008| 1 Comment »
The defeat of Spanish Armada is one of the major turning points in the history of Europe, indeed the world. But what would have happened if the Armada would have reached the shores of Britain?