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 Ironhand's Daughter - David Gemmell
 Ironhand's Daughter - David Gemmell ... lost their independence. They lived in surly subservience to the Outlanders, and only a teenage girl survived to represent the line of kings: Sigarni.Newest Review: ... life, in a forest, with her hunting dog and hawk, and flits between whichever lover she fancies at the time. However, all is ... more ... not total sunshine, as the land she lives in has been conquered by the people who live to the south of her... Highland, mountains'n'glens idyll. An 'outland' enemy who rousted control of these Highlands in a battle at 'Colden Moor'. Oh, for crying out loud - it's not even subtle!! Pretty quickly into this book I was wrinkling my nose up in sheer distaste at yet another (from Gemmell, at that!) lazy, lazy setting of a story in a barely-masked British Isles, Highlanders against let's-not-call-them-English. Perhaps it ju...more |
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Ironhand's Daughter - David Gemmell: Take your daughter to the slaughter (720 words)
by - written on 26/06/08 (Very useful, 145 readings)
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I do like a bit of mindless fluff in my reading sometimes. Well, okay, most of the time! And since I'm a bit meh on chick lit, a good fantasy novel - and with a strong female lead, all the better! - fills that niche rather well. Step forward David Gemmell, who can usually be relied upon for a nice little adventure without taxing a tired brain. Ironhand's Daughter is the first of two books in the Hawk Queen series. We meet our eponymous heroine, Sigarni (s'fantasy. The names HAVE to be silly!), who's not just a strong female lead, but a male fantasy of what a strong female character should be. Oh dear. Actually, I shouldn't really mind that she's into her free ... Read the complete review
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