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Bloodwood
Gillian Bradshaw
Severn House Publishers, 2007
A Difficult Subject Matter, but Well Written
Gillian Bradshaw was born in the US and was brought up in Washington, Santiago, Chile and Michigan. She is a classics graduate from Newnham College, Cambridge. She has won much acclaim as an historical novelist. She lives in Cambridge with her husband and their four ...
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The Wrong Reflection
Gillian Bradshaw
Ace, 2003
powerful amateur sleuth science fiction
Passerby Sandra Murray rescues an unconscious stranger from the river after his automobile plunges into the water after an accident. She learns from his identifications that his name is Paul Anderson and he works as an executive at Stellar Research, an R&D firm. When ...
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The Sun's Bride
Gillian Bradshaw
Severn House Publishers, 2008
great historical fiction
The Sun's Bride Gillian Bradshaw writes great historical fiction. My favorite book of hers so far is "The Sand-Reckoner," about Archimedes, but "The Sun's Bride" is also a fabulous read. I don't know anybody since Mary Renault who comes up with such interesting ...
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The Sand-Reckoner (Tom Doherty Associates Book)
Gillian Bradshaw
Forge Books, 2001
A brilliant novel about Archimedes
At first glance a novel about the greatest mathematician of antiquity wouldn't be a big draw to me - maths certainly isn't my strong suit. But I liked the other books by Gillian Bradshaw that I had read so thought it worth giving this one a go.
How glad I am that I ...
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The Bearkeeper's Daughter
Gillian Bradshaw
Houghton Mifflin (T), 1987
A Good Story
This novel should be entitled "The Grandson of the Bearkeeper" because the main character of the story is Juan, the bastard son of the Empress Theodora. It is a soft story about a young man who learned after the dead of his father the origin of his mother and went to ...
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Hawk of May
Gillian Bradshaw
Spectra, 1992
Brilliantly characterised Arthurian retelling
Gillian Bradshaw's Down the Long Wind trilogy (Hawk of May is book 1), is undoubtedly one of my favourite retellings.
Hawk of May is literally a joy to read - the whole book sings, especially at the end, with Gwalchmai's gladness at being able to fulfill his ...
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Dark North
Gillian Bradshaw
Severn House Publishers, 2007
Great
I am a huge fan of Gillian Bradshaw's Historicals. I never find any fault with them regarding historical accurateness and a thrilling plot. Again she wrote a winner. The story is about an african soldier (scout) in Britain fighting the barbarians and at the same time ...
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The Beacon at Alexandria
Gillian Bradshaw
Ticknor & Fields, 1986
An enjoyable tale set in the turbulent 4C AD Eastern Roman Empire
Once again Gillian Bradshaw comes up with a novel that immerses you into the rich classical settings to which its reluctant heroine Charis of Epheseus must travel. From her native Greece to Egypt and to the frontiers of the far northern boundaries of the Roman Empire ...
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Island of Ghosts: A Novel of Roman Britain
Gillian Bradshaw
Tor Books, 1999
Excellent historical fiction
In the Caucasus Mountains, in the little republics of the Ossetians, the inhabitants still tell stories about their medieval ancestors the Alans and their greatest heroes, the Narts. One of the Nart heroes is said to have been mortally wounded in a great battle. ...
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The Wolf Hunt
Gillian Bradshaw
Tor Books, 2002
A Unique Perspective on a Werewolf
Tiarnan of Talensac is a happy man. He has a profitable estate in Brittany with loyal peasants. He has the admiration of his liege lord for being an outstanding warrior. He is recently married to the beautiful Eline who is in love with him and with the idea of being ...
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The Dragon and the Thief
Gillian Bradshaw
Greenwillow, 1991
A Perfect Read-Aloud for Teachers
I used this title, The Dragon and the Thief, in my sixth grade language arts classroom this year. It was the perfect book to compliment the study of ancient Egypt which was going on in social studies classes. I read a chapter at a time and my students were begging ...
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Imperial Purple
Gillian Bradshaw
Houghton Mifflin (T), 1988
Excellent historical novel set in late Roman Empire
Fans of historical novels ought not to miss this one. "Imperial Purple" is set in the early Christian era during the reign of Theodosius II (408-450)and with the author's "The Bearkeeper's Daughter" and "The Beacon at Alexandria" the novel examines why "Byzantine" has ...
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Alchemy of Fire
Gillian Bradshaw
Severn House Publishers, 2004
Alchemy of Fire
I have always been an enjoyed fire alchemist and really like the overveiw of this book. It gives a lot of infromation on some of the fire alchemy I already know but there is a couple things that I didn't know that were in this book.
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Horses of Heaven
Gillian Bradshaw
Nan A. Talese, 1991
Familiar theme beautifully treated
In "Horses of Heaven," acclaimed writer Gillian Bradshaw goes far into the past to tell the story of Heliokleia, a beautiful, Bactrian (pre-Greek), Buddhist queen, and her marriage to the elderly Ferghanan king, Mauakes. Mauakes has a grown son from a previous ...
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Dangerous Notes (Severn House Large Print)
Gillian Bradshaw
Severn House Publishers, 2003
Hard to put down!
I was totally gripped by this well-written book. The world the author created--Britain sometime in the future--seemed very possible and the characters acted like real people. The main character (a music student) was very sympathetic and the plot was unpredictable. ...
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