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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780345335883 ISBN: 0345335880 Label: Ballantine Books Manufacturer: Ballantine Books Number Of Items: 1 Publication Date: February 13, 1989 Publisher: Ballantine Books Release Date: February 13, 1989 Studio: Ballantine Books Average Rating:
 Rating: - Unlike any historical fiction I ever read...I read this book by Robert Shea over ten years ago. Yet the characters and the poignancy of the story remain with me. It was at the time unlike any historical fiction I had ever read, unique in its time period, unique in its plot. And it remains unique and wonderful to this day... and I've read a lot of historical fiction. The only books I loved more were AZTEC by Gary Jennings, and THE EGYPTIAN by Mika Waltari. I recently read MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA and loved it too. Rating: - Great Read!!!What a great book! Great depth of character, the people come alive. This is one that really needs to be reprinted! Rating: - pure excellencethis is a brilliant book, with many twists and turns. What sets it apart from other books is the fact the two main characters are both hero's yet on opposing sides. Confused? not at all read it you will love it. Be warned the second book must be purchased as well, as it ends midway through. Rating:  - PRETTY GOOD BOOK BASED UPON THE MAMELUKES OF EGYPTThe premise of this book is an interesting one. An English child is left an orphan in Palestine and is raised as a Muslim soldier in Egypt. The Mameluke Corps. that is the basis for this book was a real organization of slave soldiers derived from Christian and pagan boys from Russia, Circassia (now in southern Russia), as well as from Asia Minor, Greece, and sometimes Central Asia. These boys were raised as the Jannisaries were in the Ottoman armies. Strictly pious Muslims trained in all ... Read More Rating: - WowJust picked this book up used; as a long-time fan of R.A. Wilson I recognized Shea as the co-auther of the Illuminatus! trilogy. What a pleasant surprise!!! I have not read a historical adventure novel this well-crafted in years. It's almost depressing that Shea did not enjoy great wealth and fame as an author in his lifetime; extremely few bestselling genre potboilers come close to the standard he sets here, and very little "literary" fiction explores as much territory as Shea and Wilson's ... Read More |
