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Book Review: Black Ships by Jo Graham
Jul. 26th, 2008 06:11 pmTitle: Black Ships
Author: Jo Graham
Published: New York: Orbit Books, 2008
Rating: 5 of 5
Page Count: 402
Total Page Count: 57,975
Text Number: 167
Read For: personal enjoyment, checked out from the library
Short review: The daughter of a slave taken from fallen Troy, Gull is an oracle, the voice for the Lady of the Dead. When nine black ships appear, captained by Aeneas, the last Trojan prince, Gull joins her mother's people on their flight from Greek enemies and their attempt to find a new land to call home. Black Ships follows the journey of the Aeneid, but revised: with careful historical revisions, a cast of incredibly real characters, and skillfully interwoven religion, it is the personal story about the founding of an empire. There are a few little quibbles—who am I kidding? This novel is brilliantly conceived and executed, bringing history to life with the utmost care and skill. Black Ships is a stunning debut novel, and it deserves an unqualified recommendation.
( Long review. )
Review posted here on Amazon.com.
Author: Jo Graham
Published: New York: Orbit Books, 2008
Rating: 5 of 5
Page Count: 402
Total Page Count: 57,975
Text Number: 167
Read For: personal enjoyment, checked out from the library
Short review: The daughter of a slave taken from fallen Troy, Gull is an oracle, the voice for the Lady of the Dead. When nine black ships appear, captained by Aeneas, the last Trojan prince, Gull joins her mother's people on their flight from Greek enemies and their attempt to find a new land to call home. Black Ships follows the journey of the Aeneid, but revised: with careful historical revisions, a cast of incredibly real characters, and skillfully interwoven religion, it is the personal story about the founding of an empire. There are a few little quibbles—who am I kidding? This novel is brilliantly conceived and executed, bringing history to life with the utmost care and skill. Black Ships is a stunning debut novel, and it deserves an unqualified recommendation.
( Long review. )
Review posted here on Amazon.com.
