DisasterWargamer  | 24 Sep 2015 6:56 p.m. PST |
Wondering if this will hook me into the period as quickly as his Genghis Khan series… link |
| Bellbottom | 24 Sep 2015 7:13 p.m. PST |
I think second book is much better than the first, so don't be disheartened |
| Craig Woodfield | 24 Sep 2015 9:24 p.m. PST |
Read Gates of Rome and thought that it was garabage. Subsequently gave up on him. |
| 22ndFoot | 25 Sep 2015 6:38 a.m. PST |
Read Stormbird – utter drivel. Shan't bother with any more of them. |
| Inkpaduta | 25 Sep 2015 6:45 a.m. PST |
Read the first two and have the third. I actually liked the first book better than the second. Perhaps because I was not as familiar with the events depicted in the book. Like them. |
| korsun0 | 25 Sep 2015 8:35 a.m. PST |
Didn't get past the first, but that was just me……found it tough going. |
martin goddard  | 25 Sep 2015 8:37 a.m. PST |
Very much enjoyed them, great.
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| DisasterWargamer | 25 Sep 2015 9:35 a.m. PST |
Shame I really enjoyed the Khan series – Upward and onward |
| Phillius | 25 Sep 2015 12:12 p.m. PST |
Enjoyed the Khan series, gave up on the Romans, meh on the WoTR so far. |
| Maddaz111 | 25 Sep 2015 12:14 p.m. PST |
met him, told him face to face that I found his writing style tired and cliché, but he did manage to pick interesting bits of history to write about, and did admit in the authors notes that he had made changes for the sake of drama.. Have got the first two books of the wars of roses series, not read yet. |
| Kenneth Portner | 25 Sep 2015 12:31 p.m. PST |
"The Sunne in Splendour" by Sharon Kay Pennman is pretty good. |
| foxweasel | 25 Sep 2015 1:21 p.m. PST |
I've really enjoyed his War of the roses books and have bought his new one today, but then I have them as talking books so it's not an effort and makes driving a pleasure. I got half way through his Genghis Khan series and gave up, everyone has their own opinion. |
| PKay Inc | 25 Sep 2015 7:20 p.m. PST |
"met him, told him face to face that I found his writing style tired and cliché, but he did manage to pick interesting bits of history to write about" I bet he appreciated that. |
| foxweasel | 26 Sep 2015 3:25 a.m. PST |
Well, if I was an international best-selling author of historical fiction and some non-entity in Waterstones said something like that, I don't think it would even register on my "give a  o-meter". |
| Winston Smith | 26 Sep 2015 9:55 a.m. PST |
Usually it's the snotty author who goes out of his way to insult the reader. At least that has been my experience. |
| DontTreadOnMe | 27 Sep 2015 2:41 p.m. PST |
Stormbird had no hook for me. It actually seemed like a 'chick' medieval novel. Lots of character build and very little action, perhaps because it centred upon Margaret of Anjou's formative years and the pre-WOTR era, it was very heavy going for me. Didn't finish it through sheer lack of interest. |
| Old Peculiar | 15 Oct 2015 2:47 p.m. PST |
just like Bernard Cornwell, despite the flood of criticism he will be laughing all the way to the bank! |
looks at some new terrain products, which use space age technology!