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England's Martyr (The Ironside Trilogy, #1)
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England's Fury (The Ironside Trilogy, #2)
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England's Twilight (The Ironside Trilogy Book 3)
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| There's a lot that can be said about this book, particularly in terms of the main character and how he seems to be largely without principle but utterly dedicated to the principle of shooting himself in the foot as often as possible. But hey, people ...more | |
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| The Hope of Vitality finishes the entire Stone Cycle series, concluding the adventures of Thomas, Will, Brother Ander etc with a real sense of completion. I was sad to see it end, but naturally every author has to know when to walk away from a story, ...more | |
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| The greatest science fiction novel I've ever come across, and I've come across a fair few. The contrast between an idyllic England and the ruthlessly opaque machinations of the Martians is quite striking. It's also a source of consternation to me tha ...more | |
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Beautiful paintings. Beautiful Scripture. Beautiful thoughts on Scripture. I like! |
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| With the summing up of events in the previous book quite decisively, I was wondering where this one might go and how a new story could be picked up. Unsurprisingly, Packer manages to create a brand new plot line featuring the characters of the old, i ...more | |
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| The story continues in the Struggle for Authority, and it doesn’t disappoint. Whilst I’m wary of giving away too much in a review that could spoil the plot for new readers, the book does a fine job of building on the characters depicted in the previo ...more | |
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| A curious little prequel, giving some heartfelt backstory to the Stone of Knowing. I like. | |
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| Easily the best Steinbeck novel I've come across to date. I don't think Steinbeck wrote this for the sake of being adored as an author...he wrote it because he had something that needed to be said. And that's one of the reasons it's so good. ...more | |