A Review Category / A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads18th-century / Diana-Norman / England / Smugglers / War / Military4 Comments
Dear Mrs. Norman, One thing I can always count on in your books is that I’ll get to read about one or more strong women. And that these women won’t be doing silly things like swinging broadswords while in full suits of chain mail. “Taking Liberties” gives us two female ... more >
A Review Category / A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAdvertising / Diana-Norman / England / heiress / Historical / medieval / war5 Comments
“A Norman heiress was a chattel to be sold in marriage to the highest bidder. If one husband died she was up for sale again. Only the first of Matilda de Risle’s husbands gives her anything back. His is the customary Saxon morning gift — the present to a wife ... more >
B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads18th-century / B Reviews / French-Revolution / Georgian / Gypsy / Historical7 Comments
Dear Mr. Cornwell, Let me say that even though I give The Fallen Angels a B+, I doubt that many people will want to read this one once I’ve finished with this review. How’s that for a ringing endorsement? It’s 1792 Paris and the full horror of the French Revolution ... more >
A Review Category / A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Ebooks / Recommended Reads18th-century / American heroine / American Revolution / class differences / Diana-Norman / England / revenge-plot / War / Military5 Comments
Dear Mrs. Norman, Some reviews might lead readers to think this book is dry, historical fiction. But I feel those reviewers would be doing readers a disservice. These characters came alive for me. The times and places seemed real. Your descriptions are so deft that for a day I was ... more >
A Reviews / Recommended Readsancient-greece / classic literature / greek mythology / Historical2 Comments
Dear Ms. Levigne, What a wonderful historical novel you’ve written. It took me straight back to my early teenage years devouring every book I could find on Greek myths and mythology and Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. Though I did wait until college before reading the Aeneid. But I digress…. I ... more >