Stephen Hayes reviewed The Golden Horde by Peter Morwood (Tales of Old Russia #3)
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4 stars
I bought this book cheap on a sale 21 years ago and never read it because when I got home I discovered that it was part of a series, and we did not have the first two parts. Then, with the library closed because of Covid, I took it off the shelf where it had sat all these years, and discovered that it is the same genre as the book I have just written, and the sequel to it that I am writing now. So I read it, to see how someone else handles that particular genre, which is a cross between a historical novel and fantasy.
It is set in Russia in the 13th century, in the time of the Mongol invasions, and to begin with I did not like it very much and nearly abandoned it after the first couple of chapters, but then it seemed to improve. …
I bought this book cheap on a sale 21 years ago and never read it because when I got home I discovered that it was part of a series, and we did not have the first two parts. Then, with the library closed because of Covid, I took it off the shelf where it had sat all these years, and discovered that it is the same genre as the book I have just written, and the sequel to it that I am writing now. So I read it, to see how someone else handles that particular genre, which is a cross between a historical novel and fantasy.
It is set in Russia in the 13th century, in the time of the Mongol invasions, and to begin with I did not like it very much and nearly abandoned it after the first couple of chapters, but then it seemed to improve. There are references to the receding volumes in the series, which I still don't have, but it stands up quite well as a stand-alone story.
There's more (with spoilers) on my blog here.