Book of the Month - October 2007
We choose a book every month that for some reason has stood out from the rest. We will try to feature a debut novel from an up and coming author but it also may be an old favourite or just a good read. We'll try to give an honest review and provide links so you can see for yourself.
This month's book is, of course, Coronach by Kim Reeman
Coronach - Kimberley Reeman
This is Kim's debut novel, published after a hard fought battle which you can read about in our interview section.
Coronach is a historical epic of the eighteenth century, spanning forty-four years and three generations, and is set in Britain, the Caribbean, America, and France on the eves of their respective revolutions.
Synopsis supplied by Amazon UK:
Scotland, July 1746: an army of occupation ravages the Highlands, committing atrocities with consequences that will reverberate across generations. From this bloody cataclysm, the hardened professional soldier Mordaunt saves an infant who becomes his heiress and his obsession: on his shattered estate, a traumatised Franco-Scottish laird, Ewen Stirling, offers protection to a boy damaged by unspeakable horror. These lives, fatally bound, unfold against the turbulence of the eighteenth century, in a magnificent, uncompromising saga of love and the human cost of war.
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Reviews:
"A fascinating book and the writing is terrific."
Billie Richards, Amazon UK.
"Kimberley Reeman's novel, Coronach, cuts a broad swath through eighteenth-century history, charging through powder smoke across continents and on the high seas in an unrelenting epic of love and war filled with human emotion and period colour. Reeman's debut is a master-stroke, with vivid, well-drawn characters making their way through the concluding battle between the Jacobites and the Hanoverians at Culloden, revolutionary France, and America's struggle for independence. Once cracked open, this book is difficult to put down."
GEORGE JEPSON, Quarterdeck
We got hold of a review copy of this book and it is fantastic! If you have friends or relatives who are interested in history and love a good read - earn yourselves some brownie points and get them this book. (Or else you could add it to your wish list...)
Sarah, SLR Books
You can win a copy of Coronach signed by the author by going to our competition page or you can click on the link > Coronach
to purchase or review.