Gregory says this ‘may be’ the last novel she writes about the Tudor period. Fair enough. She has thoroughly plumbed the depths and written from the perspective of almost every prominent woman in the period, but she does it so well. The Last Tudor focusses on Jane Grey and her two sisters. Manipulated by her grasping […]
Historical Fiction
Fall of Giants by Ken Follett
When Follett is good (as in this and The Pillars of The Earth) he’s very, very good. In this novel, the first in the Century trilogy, he moves the lives of five families around the chessboard of the First World War with a masterly touch. You don’t even realise how much history you absorb as […]
Ken Follett – Edge of Eternity
Yep, this one’s just as good as the previous one, though the first – Fall Of Giants– is still my favourite. We’re now dealing with the grandchildren and great grandchildren of the characters we met in Fall of Giants, and Follett deftly guides us through the freedom rides, the Cold War, the Cuban missile crisis, two […]
Winter of the World by Ken Follett
Another winner from Follett. Number two in the Century trilogy lays bare some of the horrors of World War Two from the next generation of the families we met in Fall of Giants. You may, like me, get occasionally confused by the multi generational, multinational families and their relationships with one another but it’s worth […]