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A review by judenoseinabook
Master of Shadows by Neil Oliver
4.0
Loved it. I asked for it as a Christmas present and was not disappointed.
A fascinating historical read, begins in Scotland then France then Constantinople. A place I know very little about historically. It sets the scene well.
The story is interesting and characters well drawn. I wanted to know more about them all and the author reveals all slowly and keeps the mystery about all the relationships going.
One note jarred with me though - Neil Oliver is a historian/ archaeologist so I was surprised to find him referring to tomatoes at one point. The book is set in the early to mid 1400s; Columbus didn't sail the ocean blue till 1492 and tomatoes came from the Americas. I checked.
I am curious now to find out more about the siege of Constantinople so I do hope I don't find any more historical bloomers.
A fascinating historical read, begins in Scotland then France then Constantinople. A place I know very little about historically. It sets the scene well.
The story is interesting and characters well drawn. I wanted to know more about them all and the author reveals all slowly and keeps the mystery about all the relationships going.
One note jarred with me though - Neil Oliver is a historian/ archaeologist so I was surprised to find him referring to tomatoes at one point. The book is set in the early to mid 1400s; Columbus didn't sail the ocean blue till 1492 and tomatoes came from the Americas. I checked.
I am curious now to find out more about the siege of Constantinople so I do hope I don't find any more historical bloomers.