The Warrior's Princess - Barbara Erskine

Two people connect across the ages (2019 words)
by taker4376 - written on 06/02/09 (Very useful, 382 readings)
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course it also peaked my interest in the book so I was looking forward to getting into it when she was done. If you have never read a Barbara Erskine book before, they all have a similar theme. She was trained as a historian and her books use a lot of history in them and bring it to life. She often takes obscure historical characters, so that she can use her own artistic licence to create their story. A modern character is used to ground the story and the character from history becomes linked to them via a common need/event. This link affects the life of the modern character and the reader follows their journey to come to terms with what happened to the person in the ...

Midnight is a lonely place - Barbara Erskine

Spooky goings on in essex! (333 words)
by Tara_OConnell - written on 07/07/06, updated on 09/07/06 (Useful, 64 readings)
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The book has everything, horror, suspense, romance, passion, terror, Barbara Erskine writes weather like no one else, you really get a strong picture in your head, I really recommend this book to anyone whos interested in history, spooky goings on and feeling a bit frightend themselves! I love this book, but like I said, the end for me, let me down a bit, kind of an anti climax, but still an excellent read. It read the book over a weekend and couldn t put it down, I found myself glancing round my room, a little scared and unerved! There is lots more to this book not mentioned in my plot description, I didn t want to spoil it too much! I hope you read it and enjoy it ...