Stonehenge
by Bernard Cornwell
Taste attributes: historicaladventuredramawarunsavouryheavylinearbig & variedemotive & stirringdeep rivalryall consuming questinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeEmotional and serious: a historical novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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3.3 / 5
7 ratings
About This Book
'Discover a time of ritual and sacrifice...A land steeped in blood and glory...A family of brothers whose deadly rivalries and glorious ambitionswill forever mark the world. In this rousing epic, Bernard Cornwell has created the Most compelling and powerful human drama of its kind since Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth and Edward Rutherford's Sarum.
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- Author
- Bernard Cornwell
- Published
- 1999
- Pages
- 496
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- Open Library
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