Here is an archive of my historical fiction book reviews. Although I read broadly, I primarily enjoy reading historical fiction that is set in a period over 50-100 years ago. The traditional “cut off” point for historical fiction is 50 years or more, but to me, “historical” fiction should be older than I am.
The historical fiction novel Sic Parvis Magna is the coming of age story of Francis Drake—a farm boy before his notoriety as a pirate who spectacularly raided the Spanish Main, or his fame as a circumnavigator and bold admiral who “singed Phillip’s beard.”
Join the 17-year-old Francis Drake in a cutlass-slashing, cannon-blasting sea raid as he assists his cousin John Hawkins in cutting out one of the Hawkins’ ships, rescues its crew, and learns something about himself during the Anglo-French war of 1557.
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