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King Arthur's Bones (2009)

by The Medieval Murderers(Favorite Author)

3.4 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1847373461 (ISBN13: 9781847373465)

languge

English

genre

Historical Fiction

publisher

Simon & Schuster UK

series

The Medieval Murderers

review 1: I have now read and enjoyed a good number of this series and this is, in many ways, another enjoyable contribution. Suzanna Gregory's chapter was probably my favourite: I liked the strong intelligent Gwenllian and would welcome more stories about her. By contrast, Ian Morson's Napoleonic tale was less engaging though it did also have a pleasingly strong, likeable and intelligent female character in Doll. The ending was generally satisfying and overall, I found the tales connected well. I look forward to the next Medieval Murderers collaboration.
review 2: King Arthur's Bones is one of a series of collaborative novels by this group of writers. Some of them are better than others. There's some decent research going on, particularly in the first couple of piece... mores, and some of the historical notes are interesting. They peter out, though, which is kind of disappointing. I'd hoped for something well-researched the whole way through, with enough references that if one followed up, the interpretation of events might fit the facts.As stories, whether accurate or not, they're okay. 'Act One' bothered me, starting as it did in one POV for a tiny section and then skipping on to a different one for the rest of it. It could easily have been framed entirely in that POV, and it felt clunky. There were similar other things that just displayed lazy or bad writing, and the lack of a good editor. less

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