- Paperback: 512 pages
- Publisher: John Murray; Reprint edition (25 Jun 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0719569346
- ISBN-13: 978-0719569340
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 11.2 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 194,727 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Jackson brings history to life in this terrifying tale of bloody battles, youthful courage and treachery'
Praise for James Jackson's Blood Rock:
(- )'This is history - and terrific history - on every page' (Frederick Forsyth, author of The Day of the Jackal )
'Set in a period of unparalleled brutality, and told with drama, sweep and passion, Blood Rock is fiction on an epic scale' (Malta Independent )
'A good read if you can stand the blood and guts of 16th-century warfare' (Folkstone Herald & Dover Express )
'Epic adventure stuff'
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Nice idea, not quite pulled off. It may have been just me but I really couldn't get into it. I found it very dry and the dialouges unintresting, wasn't really a fan of the writing style either. I don't like to slag off someone else's effort as it's better than I can do but don't be misled by the sticker on it. Pilgrim is NOT for fans of Iggulden, Cornwell or Scarrow. There's too much labour in reading it, the characters are stodgy and predictable, I wouldn't even compare it with R.Young. Sorry not a great book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book follows the progress of a children's pilgrimage from Germany, the life of a young nobleman who is seeking his father, a Franciscan friar who looks after the children, who is also a spy for the pope and finally the lives of various nobles in the Holy Land who have conflicting ideals and ambitions.
All the ingredients for a riveting tale you may think and to be fair the story and the plot was quite good. What let this book down were the characters; their personalities, their dialogue and their relationships. They felt wooden and didn't really possess any individuality which helps the reader to identify with the heroes and villains. The dialogue was frustratingly bland with little emotion or variance to separate the characters from each other.
Finally, whilst the overall plot was decent enough, there were just too many narrow escapes in order to portray a realistic and veritable account of an adventure story set during the harsh and brutal period that was the crusades.
This book had the potential to be excellent, but was sadly let down by insubstantial characters and dry dialogue. Not one of the best within this genre probably best as an `airport' book.
All the ingredients for a riveting tale you may think and to be fair the story and the plot was quite good. What let this book down were the characters; their personalities, their dialogue and their relationships. They felt wooden and didn't really possess any individuality which helps the reader to identify with the heroes and villains. The dialogue was frustratingly bland with little emotion or variance to separate the characters from each other.
Finally, whilst the overall plot was decent enough, there were just too many narrow escapes in order to portray a realistic and veritable account of an adventure story set during the harsh and brutal period that was the crusades.
This book had the potential to be excellent, but was sadly let down by insubstantial characters and dry dialogue. Not one of the best within this genre probably best as an `airport' book.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've got a good grounding on the crusades, and a better one on the monastic knightly orders involved. However when I read this book,I felt nothing but disgust by the way they were portrayed. My take on this book is that it is nothing but an excerise in bashing anything christian, from The Templars, The Hospitalliers and even the Cathars. It was just one insult after another that made my blood boil, I only read it to see if the plot turned out the way I was expecting, it did.
Well written, but historically flawed and hugely biassed, don't read if you like facts.
Well written, but historically flawed and hugely biassed, don't read if you like facts.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Thank God I'm an Atheist
Bought from a High Street out-let,knew I was going to enjoy....prior to reading the book, made the cardinal sin of checking out the opinions of other readers. Read more
Published 20 months ago by mycollection
The Children's Crusade
In the early 13th century thousands of European Christian children set off on a crusade to regain Jerusalem, the relic of the cross and lands from the Muslims. Read more
Published on 30 Aug 2009 by G. J. Weeks
pilgrim
I read this book whilst on holiday,an excellent read, couldn't put it down, for me it conjured up a feel for the era and the setting in which the book is based
Published on 17 Aug 2009 by N. King
A cracker!
This is a story that needed to be told - the Children's Crusade will pull at your heart strings and have you gripped from start to finish. Read more
Published on 5 Aug 2009 by Emma Greenwood
Loved it!
I thought this book was brilliant. Full of detail about one of the most interesting times in history. Read more
Published on 30 July 2009 by Vanessa Francis
More please
Much enjoyed the book - can we hope for a film. The book is made for the big screen.
Published on 1 May 2009 by Ing
A great read
Scratching my head at some of the other reviews. Maybe having read them I just had very low expectations? I thought it was an excellent read. Read more
Published on 4 Dec 2008 by cmark4e
Wow this really is bad!
Don't be fooled by the cover where it says you will like this if you liked Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden. Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2008 by Graham R. Cushway
If you want first class historical escapist fiction, then you should...
I really enjoyed Blood Rock and found Crusade even more compelling. If you like historical fiction that is based on fact but spiced up by medieval James Bond antics, then this... Read more
Published on 19 Sep 2008 by Joe Pelissier
I did finish it
Yes I did finish it. But how many scrapes can you put into a book where the characters get out so easily? Unbelievable childish fiction. Read more
Published on 1 Sep 2008 by Andrew E. Potter
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