Lucerne Book Reviews (Fiction)
11th Century Books
The Owls of Gloucester
Edward Marston, 2000 Period: Late 11th century.
The Adventures of Ralph Delchard and Gervase Bret, agents of William The Conqueror,
working on the Domesday Book. Where ever they go, there are dead bodies.
14th Century Books
The Name of the Rose
Umberto Eco, written 1980 Period: 1327
Two monks must stop a series of bizarre murders in a monastery.
This is a slow and convoluted book; to understand it you require a guide such as
'The Key to 'The Name of the Rose'".
A movie version was released starring Sean Connery.
The Key to "The Name of the Rose"
Adele J. Haft, Jane G. White and Robert J, White, 1999
A guide to "The Name of the Rose" including translations from other languages
and background information.
15th Century Books
Hypnerotomachia Poliphili: The Strife of Love in a Dream
Francesco Colona, translated by Joscelyn Godwin, written 1499
A fantasy love story/quest in a world half renaissance, half classical pagan.
The author provided 174 engravings of a world of architecture and pagan imagery.
16th Century Books
The Queen's Head
Edward Marston, written 1989 Period: 1588
The first of many mysteries involving Nicolas Bracewell, book holder to
an English theater comapany.
17th Century Books
Captain Alatriste
Arturo Perez-Reverte, written 1996. Period: 1620.
First in a series.
Alatriste, an unemployed Spanish soldier, is hired to assassinate
two high ranking foreigners.
Neither his employers nor the victims are what they seem.
Purity of Blood
The second Diego Alatriste novel.
The Frost Fair
Edward Marstan, written 2003 Period: 1669
Ths first of the Mysteries involving Christopher Redmayne, an architect
in London after the great fire of 1666.
The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas (Sr), written 1845 Period: 1640
The first of the famous Musketeer Books.
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