Stonehenge

Excellent writing and storytelling as always by Bernard Cornwell! Stonegenge had this authentic feel that I love so much when reading historical fictions and that always accompanies Bernard Cornwell's novels. He made prehistoric times come alive for me and I enjoyed this story immensely.

A stirring epic of Bronze Age England! Dr Phil would have loved to get his teeth into these boys - the perfect dysfunctional Bronze Age tribal family! Three brothers - Camaban, the all but insane sorcerer born a cripple who dreams of re-uniting the sun god and the moon goddess in his perfect temple; L Leggi tutto

I can't really say that I would recommend this book to anyone. Set in the times of the building of Stonehenge, this story doesn't portray females in a particularly good light. I found the characters to be extremely shallow and unlikable, and the story seemed to jump around rather than flow smoothly. Leggi tutto

Cornwell writes in his endnote to this novel that " it is surely obvious that every character and deity in the novel is fictitious. " But he did use archaeological records as a basis for much of the novel. This includes where the massive stones from Stonehenge originated (some came from over 150 miles Leggi tutto

One summer's day a stranger carrying great wealth in gold comes to the settlement and is murdered by one of the chief's three sons in the old temple. The mysterious gold, thought by some to be a gift from the gods, causes great dissension within the tribe but the three brothers all share one dream,