B- Reviews / Book Reviewschildren's book / Dragon / Knights / picture books / subversive / subverting stereotypesComments Off on REVIEW: Here Be Dragons by Susannah Lloyd, illustrated by Paddy Donnelly
Here be dragons! Where? That’s the question in this laugh-out-loud picturebook where everyone’s in on the joke but the hapless knight. A knight is on a mission: to find and slay a dragon. The other knights have told him that there’s no such thing as dragons, but he doesn’t care. ... more >
B Reviews / Book ReviewsCivil-War / England / Henry II / Historical / Knights / medieval / War / Military / Young-Adult4 Comments
William D’Amory dreams of battle and glory… But since his father died defending King Stephen, there is no money to train him for knighthood. Instead he must tend the pigs while his family prays England’s bitter civil war will pass them by. Them comes a stranger on a secret mission, ... more >
C ReviewsContemporary / dual-timeline / England / France / historical mystery / Knights / medieval / Wales2 Comments
Warning – One character has suffered a miscarriage and works through stages of her grief while another loses a child soon after childbirth. Winter 1994, and in the Wye Valley a story hidden for almost eight centuries has just been unearthed. For Nina, an ecologist working alongside local archaeologists, the ... more >
A- Reviews / Recommended ReadsFrance / Historical / Knights / medieval / Paranormal / Shapeshifter / wolf10 Comments
Betrayal, love, and lycanthropy in the time of the Crusades When Marie Penthièvre of Chalendrey is abducted from her Norman priory and taken to Brittany’s court, she vows never to dishonor her family’s ties by marrying a Breton brute. There is only one man who might change her mind: Tiarnán ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsEngland / family relationships / Historical / Knights / medieval56 Comments
“Ten-year-old Brunin FitzWarin is an awkward misfit in his own family. As an act of encouragement, his father sends him to be fostered as a knight in the household of Joscelin, Lord of Ludlow. Here he meets the lord’s youngest daughter, Hawise, and a strong friendship is formed. When ... more >
A Review Category / Book Reviewsfamily relationships / Historical / Knights / medieval / Middle East7 Comments
Dear. Ms Chadwick/Hicks, Brava! Those who liked Seton’s Katherine need to check this one out. Like in Katherine, we get a wonderfully accurate picture of life in the Middle Ages. In this case, life amongst the crusaders in Palestine while it was still in the hands of Europeans. I enjoy ... more >