Sexo: female
Nacionalidade: UK
Pequena biografia: From Amazon.com: Jean Gill is a Welsh writer and photographer living in the south of France with a big white dog, a scruffy black dog, a Nikon D750 and a man. For many years, she taught English in Wales and was the first woman to be a secondary headteacher in Carmarthenshire. She is also mother or stepmother to five children so life was hectic. Publications are varied, including prize-winning poetry and novels, military history, translated books on dog training (from French), and a cookery book on goat cheese.

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The Ring Breaker: an epic medieval saga of the last… de Jean Gill

My thanks to the Author publisher's and NetGalley for providing me with a Kindle version of this book to read and honestly review.
As a sixty six year old grumpy Yorkshireman I do not think I maybe target audience for this book but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Well written and researched with a clever mix of fictional and real life historical characters this is an entertaining start to this series. A poignant touching coming of age forbidden love story. Atmospheric descriptive intelligent and engaging from first to last page. Not the amount of action I am used to in this genre but thoroughly recommended.… (mais)

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Gudasnu | 1 outra resenha | Feb 11, 2024 |

Among Sea Wolves: an epic medieval saga of the last… de Jean Gill

The second in the Midwinter Dragon series set in the time of the Vikings. It’s 1150 in Orkneyjar and skald Scarfr sets off on a pilgrimage on a seafaring journey to the Holy Land, alongside Jarl Rognvald and his crew. Skarfr is secretly handfasted to the only woman on board, Hlif, the Jarl’s ward. Scarfr is torn between the Jarl and his lady love. Who will he choose and which oath will he break?

It was great to visit Scarfr and Hlif again and see how they were getting on! I loved my time on the Sun Chaser with them. This is a well written and exciting story. The research which has gone into it is amazing. I like the quotes from Norse poetry at the beginning of Scarfr’s chapters, a nice little addition. The characters are well drawn and the plot is skilfully penned. A vivid and atmospheric read with some stunning imagery, I look forward to joining Scarfr and Hlif on their next adventure.… (mais)

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VanessaCW | Feb 4, 2024 |

Song at Dawn: 1150 in Provence (Troubadours Quartet) de Jean Gill

Good book set in a time period I love, but nothing jumps out and says this is exceptional ... more to follow

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calenmarwen | outras 6 resenhas | May 29, 2023 |

The Ring Breaker de Jean Gill

Set in Orkney during the 12thC, this is the story of Skarfr, a skald, and Hlif, the Jarl’s ward and housekeeper. It’s a tale of forbidden love, hate, betrayal, and courage mixed in with adventures on the high seas and a little bit of magic.

It took me some time to get into this book. I’ve never read a story about the Vikings so thought I’d give this one a go. It’s well written, very vivid and atmospheric. I found the culture aspect surrounding the Vikings interesting, it’s not something I know a lot about. The research that has gone into writing this saga is admirable. I did get a little confused by all the different Jarls at first and wish the list of characters had been at the front of the book for ease of checking. I got a little lost on the timescales as it suddenly seemed to skip years. All in all, however, it’s a fascinating and impressive read. If you enjoy historical fiction combined with fact and are a fan of the Viking era, you should find this one very engaging. 3.5⭐️… (mais)

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VanessaCW | 1 outra resenha | Oct 19, 2022 |

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