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A Kingdom's Cost (2000)

by J.R. Tomlin(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1463526792 (ISBN13: 9781463526795)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

series

The Douglas Trilogy

review 1: As historical adventures go, this was okay. It's got plenty of story, set about a decade before Bannockburn (one of the very few dates I remember from prep school history lessons), following the struggle between Robert the Bruce of Scotland and Edward Longshanks of England.However, J.R. Tomlin is no Nigel Tranter. The characters don't have much depth, and there's no real sense of historical context. There's a lot going on, but it wasn't as involving as it could be.The Kindle edition is in serious need of an editor. Whole paragraphs turn up in Courier font for no reason, and the text is riddled with typos. For example, please learn the difference between a censer and a censor. (Burning censors may be a fine political statement, but I don't think that was what the author mea... morent.) And please, you should be able to get your characters' names right - Niall is frequently called Naill, and I'm not sure whether the love interest was supposed to be Isabelle, Isabella or Isabel. I got this as a freebie, and it passed the time one lazy morning. As luck would have it, the second volume was a freebie the following day, so I grabbed that too. I guess it can't have been that bad if I'm willing to read more.
review 2: Remind yourself it's the year 1307, it still doesn't help set aside the madness and brutality of the way war is conducted.A good blend of history and fiction. James Douglas became a man when so many are still boys. Well told but it did drag on just a bit. Personally, some of the traveling between battles and such could have been drastically cut. All in all, a glimpse back in time to Scotland's fight for freedom less

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