Tag Archives: Umberto Eco

For Dan Wells

Posted on April 7, 2015 by David

…and other readers of historical fiction, a list of some of my favorites, in alphabetical order. Where I recommend the first book (marked with an asterisk), you should understand that I’m recommending the series. (Dan may have read some of … Continue reading →

Posted in Bookshelf | Tagged Bernard Cornwell, C.S. Forester, Dan Wells, Dorothy Dunnett, Luther Blissett, Mary Renault, Neal Stephenson, Patrick O'Brian, Umberto Eco | Leave a comment

Bookshelf: Knights Dawning

Posted on June 8, 2014 by David

From the time I read Umberto Eco’s novel Foucault’s Pendulum, when I was in high school, I’ve wanted to write a novel about Assassins and Knights Templar. It would have been, I think, a story about two men who hated … Continue reading →

Posted in Bookshelf | Tagged Assassins, Crusades, Foucault's Pendulum, Historical Fiction, James Batchelor, Knights, Medieval, Templars, Umberto Eco | Leave a comment

The Lure of the Secret World

Posted on July 21, 2011 by David

I think one of the things I find most attractive in any novel is the feeling that it is telling me secrets about the world I live in. You see this simply and pretty clearly in a lot of middle … Continue reading →