I appreciate what the authors tried, and somewhat succeeded to do in this book. They brought together warriors of past decades and intertwined their fates

Mr. Gray did a vast amount of research, it certainly shows in this book which is both dark and moody. Kudos to him for writing about the unknown soldiers

A dead young boy, drained of blood is found on the Fleet Rive, London 1678. Sir Edmund Bury Godfrey enlists famous polymath Robert Hooke to help

The horror in this book has nothing to do with imaginary monsters, but with the horror of what humans are able to do to one another. It is fascinating

The author doesn’t paint Spain with rose colored glasses, he talks about bigotry, the horrible Inquisition, commerce, and economic inequality

I found the author’s explanation of how technology developed to make the buildings stronger, very interesting. The historical fiction aspect was also engaging

I enjoyed this book very much, short but tells a great alternative history of what happened to Eva Braun. It could easily be a book just about that subject

Israeli art restorers/ spy Gabriel Allon is called one more time into service to investigate the mysterious murder of his friend Benjamin Stern

Even though The Jefferson Key by Steve Berry is a fictional book, there are many fascinating tidbits of information mixed into the fictional narrative

Mr. Boyd tells of human drama, fools, criminals, patsies & losers living on the edges of society. For every loser there’s a person who is above and below them