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Honour And The Sword (2010)

by A.L. Berridge(Favorite Author)

4.13 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0718155467 (ISBN13: 9780718155469)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Penguin UK

series

The Chevalier

review 1: I fucking worship this book. Absolutely mindblowing. I'm an exclusive fantasy reader but I picked this up in the library and couldn't pry my fingers off it. That means it's really, REALLY good. I bought a copy just to have it there. It's amazing.The multiple viewpoints helped to give it the feel of a real historical manuscript. It was amazing how well Berridge did with their voices - you can always tell which person is narrating. The main character, Andre de Roland, is so impossible to not love that it's tragic. You see him sticking to his strict code of honour, and that gets him into shit (or at risk of being in shit) so much that your teeth grind. But when he breaks out of it to protect someone, you can feel all the hurt and pain and effort it took to do that one thing a... morend you really, really wish he hadn't. But then you know it's for the best. Gah, you just wish it wasn't so.A lot of the tension actually rode on this need of honour, these things that bind a man so tightly at his core it's worse than chains. Andre's practically wading into hell because of it. You know and he knows. And he's still going to do it.This is one of the only books which has had me on the edge of my seat from start to finish. It's racked my nerves and had me laughing at points, cringing over and over, and bleeding tears. I don't usually cry over books but here's one that did it for me. It was such a rough ride of I'll-fuck-with-your-emotions that I've been planning to reread it for so long, but have put it off because … well, it's tough.
review 2: Thanks to goodreads people for this recommendation. When I read that the novel is told from the rotating perspectives of different people close to the action plus some letters and diary entries I must admit it nearly put me off. How glad I am that it didn't, this is hugely enjoyable, the tone is spot on, and the use of modern idiom just works. Dumas updated to the current day, and yes I do mean it as a compliment. Romantic historical fiction done as it be, but rarely is. I look forward to reading all Ms Berridge cares to write, this my discovery of the year. less

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