Blog Challenge Day 01: Dreams and Ambitions
One of the books I picked for Dreams and Ambitions is Cometh the Hour by Annie Whitehead, for several reasons. First reason is because at the start one of the characters loses a kingdom to another king and becomes determined to get it back. However, once the dream is achieved, this character goes further, sacrificing pretty much a lot to take his ambition farther. In Cometh the Hour, the characters of Penda, Edwin as well as Oswald all play with their dreams and ambitions and they all have to find strength and courage when their desires go awry or don't work out as they hoped.
This is the third book I read by Annie Whitehead, and I have to say that I'm really impressed with her writing and her descriptions of 7th century England. I enjoy learning and gaining knowledge that I hadn't had previously. What I also liked and enjoyed is how close to the time period that England was a Roman colony (probably few hundred years in the past,) yet a lot of it was still used. In a good way, its a challenging tale to read but for historical fiction aficionados its a true gem. Real review to come soon.
Sounds like Macbeth and Helen of Troy, combined! Wow!
ReplyDeleteMedieval stories like these are interesting because we often realize that human emotions and responses are the same even though centuries might be different!!