Jack Howard (8 books in series)
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review 1: As someone who loves history I really loved the way that Gibbins took bits of history and combined them with an adventure story to add a new twist to the event. After reading this book I began to actually believe that something like this could have happened. He helps raise questi...
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review 1: Look, the premise for the story is great. Lost Roman legion ends up in China as slaves, but eventually escape and make it as far as India? Pretty awesome. But the execution was never quite there for me. It was trying to tie three different stories together - the Roman legion, Jac...
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review 1: I always enjoy David Gibbons' novels, but this is his best yet. I love learning about history through his character's archeological discoveries, with some Indiana Jones-ish action thrown in to the mix. This particular novel goes even farther by taking on the origin of modern war,...
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review 1: The cover of this book said it would be a combination of Clive Cussler and Indiana Jones. I like Cussler and Indiana, so I was sure I would like this. The premise sounded good, but the actual execution of the novel was terrible. It must be the author's style. There is no characte...
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review 1: I honestly enjoyed every part of The Lost Tomb. Jack and his sidekick Costas are on another archeology adventure: Finding the lost boat of St. PaulThe cave of the Sybillis Evidence that Emperor Claudius lived far longer than believedA Gospel written by Christ Himself?All these a...
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review 1: I quit reading this book when I found myself skipping more and more parts to get to anything interesting. I started out skipping the historical parts, then more and more of the contemporary ones.I found the first few of the author's books to be OK, but I've been losing interest m...
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review 1: this is the second book of his I tried with much the same result... I didn't finish it. the premise of the tale is all fine and well but he tends to loose me in the chapters that are a circular discussion that doesn't go anywhere. maybe I am too impatient, but I want a book that ...
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review 1: This book was less about the search for Atlantis and more about rapid fire dates, names, and places in Nazi Germany during the war. The storyline was hard to follow. More often than not, it felt like the author was brain dumping facts to make sure the reader had all the correct ...