A review by Nalini Haynes Director: Jamie Payne Writers: David S Goyer (creator), Brian Nelson and Corey Reed Stars: Tom Riley, Laura Haddock, Blake Ritson The Pazzi family plans to overthrow …
Historical fiction
Da Vinci’s Demons s01e06: The Devil
A review by Nalini Haynes Director: Jamie Payne Writers: David S Goyer (creator), Brian Nelson & Marco Ramirez (writers) Stars: Tom Riley, Laura Haddock, Blake Ritson Special appearances: sausages, meat, potatoes, …
Motion of Light in Water
A review by Nalini Haynes Created by Elbow Room Inspired by the work of Samuel R Delany & Marilyn Hacker Director: Marcel Dorney Designers: Matt …
Da Vinci’s Demons s01e04: The Magician
A review by Nalini Haynes Director: Jamie Payne Writers: David S Goyer (creator & writer), Jami O’Brien (writer) Stars: Tom Riley, Laura Haddock, Blake Ritson Rome threatens Florence. In the age-old …
Da Vinci’s Demons s01e02: The Serpent
A review by Nalini Haynes Creator: David S. Goyer Stars: Tom Riley, Laura Haddock, Elliot Cowan Leonardo Da Vinci is up to his usual tricks, failing to live …
Hell on Wheels s02e06: Purged Away with Blood
A review by Nalini Haynes Director: Joe Gayton Writers: Joe Gayton (creator), Tom Brady Stars: Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Common This review will contain spoilers for the previous episode. If you want …
Hell on Wheels s02e05: The Railroad Job
A review by Nalini Haynes Director: Michael Nankin Writers: Joe Gayton (creator), Tony Gayton (creator) Stars: Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Common It’s 19th century America and two railroad companies are racing to build …
An Adventure in Space and Time
A review by Nalini Haynes An Adventure in Space and Time is a romanticised history – a dramatary – of the birth of Doctor Who …
Empire of the Moghul: The tainted throne by Alex Rutherford
Empire of the Moghul book four a review by Lauren Schroder Published by Headline. The Tainted Throne by Alex Rutherford is the fourth and final installment of …
Hell on Wheels vs Deadwood
a commentary by Nalini Haynes Hell on Wheels is a Western drama created by AMC (ye of Walking Dead and Breaking Bad fame). Recently renewed …
Iron King by Maurice Druon
a review by Nalini Haynes The Iron King by Maurice Druon is the first of seven historical novels first published in the 1950s. My advanced reader …
Serendipity in the form of Accursed Kings
Not so very long ago I received an unsolicited novel with the above picture but with different text: ‘The original Game of Thrones; George R.R. …
Rebel by Jack Whyte
a review by Lauren Schroder Rebel is suitable for adult readership. Children should not be allowed to read it due to the fact that some things …
Timeline festival 2011
Timeline Festival is an annual medieval re-creation festival held at the Old Cheese Factory in Berwick, Melbourne, Australia. Sadly I didn’t hear about this until …
Empire of the Moghul by Alex Rutherford
a review by Steve Cameron Akbar was a rich and powerful Asian leader, a contemporary of Elizabeth I, and ruler of a sixth of the world’s …