I love books about Abe Lincoln. I don't know why, but he's always been my favorite historical figure. I was excited when I got to download Lincoln's Little Girl by Cecelia Holland. I had never heard the stories about Julie and her diary. I didn't hear about her brothers who were invited to pl...
Laeghaire of the Long Road, from Tralee, no less, an Irish mercenary knight, a devil of a fighter and, well, a devil in general, finds his way, indirectly, into the employ of William of Normandy. The two make an impression on each other in the course of a Summer campaign, but to say much more tha...
I always feel that I should enjoy Cecelia Holland's books more than I actually do - I am always fascinated by the periods that she chooses to write about, and she's great at building atmosphere, and The Death of Attila was no exception. However, she also has a tendency to string together a bunch ...
Holland clearly is an experienced writer with considerable competence. She can construct a good scene, build up suspense and her characters are nuanced and complex, yet this book utterly failed to captivate me.In part it was the constant, minor inaccuracies that nagged me like flies. No, it’s no...
This book was split into two halves: the first is the modern discovery of the tomb on Tutankhamen by Howard Carter, and the second half goes to ancient Egypt, to Tutankhamen's final year. The Carter story ended abruptly, and the second part bears no resemblance to actual history (as presented and...
Cecilia Holland is not a science-fiction writer. Any person familiar with the genre will notice her lack of grasp on some of the fan's favorite science-fiction features, mainly the scientific and the gadget sides. The novel use of paraphernalia is ridiculously poor and stamps it irremediably from...