Colin Falconer
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London, The United Kingdom
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Ken Follett; Wilbur Smith.
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March 2011
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Silk Road
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The story of the rise and fall of the British East India Company, the first multinational corporation to effectively privatize an entire country - but sadly, not the last. Even colonial Britain was shocked by its excesses. Impeccably researched and e ...more | |
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"Sleep deprived
What a journey I was taken on. Such powerful descriptive writing. I struggled through the desert with the soldiers. I felt their pain. I even felt their thirst. Powerful description of their struggle. I couldn't put this book down. Any " Read more of this review » |
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My first of the Giordano Bruno series. Parris writes historical suspense really well. Dark themes and well drawn characters. Great fun. Loved it. |
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"This is one of those books that you wish the story would not end. Fabulous historical telling of the life and times of Suleman the Magnificent. Not easy staying alive in those times!
This is fast paced, historically interesting but never boring. The " Read more of this review » |
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"It seems that this book was received with a pretty polarized response regarding Falconer's characterization of his main characters' motivations. People appear to take issue with how Hurrem or Suleiman are portrayed, when in reality, there's no way we"
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“They say women can fake an orgasm, but men can fake a whole relationship.”
― The Naked Husband
― The Naked Husband
“We make such plans for our lives, she thinks, and this is the way they turn out, nothing like what we imagine.”
― Isabella: Braveheart of France
― Isabella: Braveheart of France
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― Silk Road
― Silk Road
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― Silk Road
― Silk Road
“The head had been impaled on a railing outside the Royal Courts of Justice in the Strand in the early hours of a cold November morning. There was a fine dusting of frost on the corpse’s hair and eyelids which gave it a festive touch.”
― Cry Justice
― Cry Justice
“Kitty O’Kane dreamed of a kind husband and a just life; what she had was haddock water for supper and a dribble of her own blood, seen at close quarters, on the toe of her father’s scuffed boot.”
― The Unkillable Kitty O'Kane
― The Unkillable Kitty O'Kane
“The dead man looked disconsolate. Reasonably so, in the circumstances, Charlie thought.”
― Cry Justice
― Cry Justice
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