Customer Reviews

Men of Bronze

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I am a big fan of books that are set around ancient Greece etc so when I saw that this book was set in Egypt I thought that it would be a lot more intresting than it was. The story line is simple, with a villain that is clearly the bad guy, unlike most novels of this sort where the enemy are just people on the other side, but not necceserily 'evil'.

The book tends to jump back and forth between storylines which started to get a bit annoying, how many cliff hangers was the author trying to squueze into this book???

All in all there is not too much to knock the book about, I liked the fact that it was set in Egypt, but it does lack a certain something, but the action made up for it. It reminds me a Hollywood action movie, not a great storyline, but deffinatly watchable.

I bought this for my husband as part of his present to celebrate our bronze wedding anniversary. He loves books about Eygpt, pompeii and gladiators but wasn't too impressed with this one. He found the names confusing and despite a number of attempts to get into the story he can't and now i think he has given up.

Scott Oden is a new author to me, but I am happy to add him to my list of authors to look out for when I am looking on Amazon or in the bookshop. I understand that he has another book either out or to be published shortly and that will certainly be on my Christmas list.

Men of Bronze is a well researched and sympathetically written novel about Egypt in 526 BC. A once great civilisation, a civilisation that had ruled the known world before Rome even existed. Now the land of the pharaohs is in rapid decline and the forces of the King of Persian look on in anticipation.

But all is not quite lost. One man is prepared to stand against the might of the Persian army. Hasdrabal Barca, a mercenary feared by friend as much as foe has vowed to defend Egypt against its enemies. In the following confrontations Barca's military skills are going to be tested to the limit.

A savage game of cat and mouse will be played. One that finally ends in the bloodiest battle in the entire history of Egypt.

Really enjoyed this novel not a period in history I know much about.

Found some of the names hard going but did not spoil the book in any way .

very good looking forward to the next one

I was really looking forward to this book, I'd had it on the shelf for a couple of months and it jumped the queue over a Manfredi and a Cussler. I should have left it there.
This book has a mediocre plot weak characters and moments of very poor dialogue. I have no objection to historical fiction using contempory language but this one goes to far in places and uses modern idiom completely out of context. In summary I think that Scarrow, Iggulden and Cornwell have nothing to worry about from Mr Oden.

Scott Oden is a new author to me, but I am happy to add him to my list of authors to look out for when I am looking on Amazon or in the bookshop. I understand that he has another book either out or to be published shortly and that will certainly be on my Christmas list.

Men of Bronze is a well researched and sympathetically written novel about Egypt in 526 BC. A once great civilisation, a civilisation that had ruled the known world before Rome even existed. Now the land of the pharaohs is in rapid decline and the forces of the King of Persian look on in anticipation.

But all is not quite lost. One man is prepared to stand against the might of the Persian army. Hasdrabal Barca, a mercenary feared by friend as much as foe has vowed to defend Egypt against its enemies. In the following confrontations Barca's military skills are going to be tested to the limit.

A savage game of cat and mouse will be played. One that finally ends in the bloodiest battle in the entire history of Egypt.