Moran’s novels of Egypt and Rome were one of the gems found on the last challenge thread last year, so I was really looking forward to this one. And I certainly wasn’t disappointed. Within the first couple of pages I was deep in 18th century France. I’ve only read a couple of novels about the French Revolution previously, but none have really touched on the details and I was in tears by the end, especially reading the author’s notes. Superb.
Moran has become one of my favourite historical authors and I’m delighted that she already has another book coming out: The Second Empress, set in the Napoleonic era. As this is another period and characters I know nothing of, I’m looking forward to that when it’s released.
Pilate’s Wife: A Novel of Rome – Antoinette May.
A sympathetic and to my mind very plausible relating of Claudia, told from her perspective. Very entertaining.
LabRat
Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly. Aramis: Yes, sorry. Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.
