![]() ![]() Well worth a read if you're interested in that historical time and place, or just like a good, easy-to-read historical novel. But showing us the MC's emotions and thoughts throughout the story made it all sound natural and appropriate. She succeeded with that style choice despite the fact the storytelling could have come across as too stiff and sterile. Details Or fastest delivery December 21 - 28. That style was appropriate because the royal family was presumed to be better educated and well-spoken than their slaves, minions, and underlings. Faces in the Fire: The Women of Beowulf: Book One: Rogers, Donnita L.: 9780866988018: : Books Books Literature & Fiction Genre Fiction Buy new: 19.00 3.99 delivery December 27 - January 4. The author made a tricky, challenging style choice by writing in a "formal" manner because the book was written in first-person POV with the princess as the narrator. But those characters are what provide tension, conflict, and suspense. ![]() ![]() The characters were believable but a bit stereotyped (the beautiful princess with an extraordinary power a brave and benevolent father and mother, the king and queen the mystical stranger who comes to the rescue several times the near-mythical hero the domineering, vengeful husband etc.). I sensed that the historical details of everyday life, the tribes that existed and interacted back then, and the values and customs of the time were accurately portrayed. Although historical fiction set in 6th-century Scandinavia is a sub-genre I've never read, I found this story to be well-crafted and entertaining. ![]()
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