Sword of the White Rose

The Sword Trilogy #4

by J. Ardian Lee

Inheriting the lordship of the Ciorram Clan upon the death of his father, Dylan, Ciaran Matheson is warned by an old friend, the fairie Sinnan, that the planned Scottish uprising against the British is destined to fail and confronts a difficult--and dangerous--choice. Reprint.

Genres: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Time Travel, Historical, Historical Romance, German Literature, Fiction

323 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Julianne Ardian Lee aka Anne Rutherford, Julian Lee and Julianne Lee.

Reviews

[Kate · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Mind the Sidhe ...

"With his last breath, Dylan Matheson, Laird of Ciorram, leaves to his eldest son, Ciaran, a legacy of land and blood -- and magic. For the Sidhe of which he speaks is the faerie Sinnan, who long ago brought him back in time, from the modern world to eighteenth-century Scotland, hoping for a hero who would save the land from British tyranny.

"Now Sinnan will protect the son as she had the father. But she no longer believes that the Jacobites can prevail, that the history that Dylan knew can be changed. She urges Ciaran to continue on his father's path of peace, no matter how uneasy that peace might be.

"Ciaran, though, has other ideas ..."
~~back cover

This "epilogue" to the Matheson Trilogy is every bit as excellent as the trilogy was. Again, the historic facts are all there -- giving a more than accurate picture of Scottish life in 1743. And beyond. Culloden is graphically depicted in all its bloodiness, as is life after the '45. You won't be able to put this book down either.

[Ben Kress]

I thought this book was pretty good I would overall give it a 3.5 out of 5 stars. My favorite event in this book is when the Ciaran goes to the battle with prince. The writing style of this book was 3rd person which I thought was pretty interesting. The pace is a moderate pace not too fast or too slow. Only connection I could make of the book is the faerie being named tinker bell and the movie tinkerbell. And that is my review of this book Sword of the White Rose.

[Josephine · Rating 1 out of 5]

Didn’t like so many aspects of this book, for one the main character our hero’s son just never appealed to me in personality. I frankly disliked his love interest. I hated his sister was in an abusive relationship. Finally, I absolutely cringed that the father never communicated so much important information to his son. So his son was surprised that he was “adopted” and startled when the fae began to communicate with him. Bla, Bla, Bla! I still liked Lee’s research and writing style. I guess I just differed creatively where the books should progress.

[Holliferous · Rating 3 out of 5]

ugh, I would have given a lesser rating but I realized that would be less on the book itself than the fact that this followed the previous three. I loved the first three books in the series, but this one was awful in comparison. it seemed like the author was in a rush to be done with it. instead of actual character building and story telling, the book became a cheap sex, I mean "romance" book. the characters were watered down from the previous ones and just weren't believable. the ending was sudden and left too much. it was a cop out. I'm rather disappointed.

[Coleen Dailey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This a fun quick read. Still history but a break from the heavy stuff. I thought it wrapped up a little too soon after the battle of Culloden but there is always real history to delve into for more details.

[Cheryl · Rating 1 out of 5]

Very poorly written.