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The Sword Maker

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I must say I'm surprised this book has not received reviews yet. That in itself caused me to read it. I enjoy historical novels, and although you can expect a more formal form of English and writing it usually enhances the story line.

In this case, I'm giving this a 4 star rating and not 5. The English is so over-the-top formal and written in such an old fashioned style that I actually had to re-read some portions over again to get what the author was saying. Also, the over abundance of big and long lost words caused me to stop repeatedly to look up words. Thank God that Kindle has a built in dictionary that made this task easy. I think if I were reading this in paper format I would have given up.

The story in itself is quite enjoyable and the characters are pretty well developed. The ending seemed a little abrupt, but not overly so. All in all I give this a thumbs up for a historical novel. It is not a romance novel, so if you are looking for romance look elsewhere. This story follows a young prince who is comfortably imprisioned by 3 archbishops who wish to use him as a pawn when his drunken father, the emperor, dies. The prince manipulates his freedom using a double to stand in for him in prison and makes a life for himself in the world as a swordmaker and fencing teacher. He pulls a band of men together to help right the wrongs of the starving people (due to the mismanagement of the greedy nobels and archbishops.) The story follows his quest with its trials and tribulations and successes. The rest I'll leave for you to read.