Historical Fiction Books

Far Beyond the Dead End by Saikat Baksi

Far Beyond the Dead End | Saikat Baksi | Book Review

PLOT: 3.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 As Indians, we are all proud of the fact that our motherland has been the home to one of the world’s oldest civilizations; the Indus Valley civilization. The fact that what had made the whole civilization vanish from the Earth without a trace …

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The Emperor's Riddles

The Emperor’s Riddles | Satyarth Nayak | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 2.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 The contribution of ancient Indians to the development of various sciences is substantial. Aryabhatta invented zero and gave us the modern number system. Over 2600 years ago, Sushruta conducted surgeries like cataract, fractures, and brain surgeries. Bhaskaracharya calculated the time taken by earth …

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The Winds of Hastinapur

The Winds of Hastinapur | Sharath Komarraju | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 With more than 74,000 verses and about 1.8 million words, Mahabharata is the longest epic in the world. It has been widely translated, simplified, retold and fictionalised over the centuries. But most of them do not give you the total picture of the …

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The Exiled Prince Ravi

The Exiled Prince: Crystal Guardian Series (Book 1) | Ravi | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3.5/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 Mythological fiction has become such a big hit in the recent times that authors like Ashwin Sanghi, Amish Tripathi, Anand Neelakantan and Krishna Udayasankar have become household names. Thanks to the new-found and ever-increasing interest among young generation readers, new authors are trying …

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Gods, Kings & Slaves by R. Venketesh

Gods, Kings & Slaves: The Siege of Madurai | R. Venketesh | Book Review

PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 CLIMAX: 4.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 5/5 Off late, there has been an explosion of books based on romance, be it the college variety or the grown-up version. But at the same time, historical fiction has been making its presence felt too, with more and more authors taking up the …

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The Treasure of Kafur by Aroon Raman

The Treasure of Kafur | Aroon Raman | Book Review

PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3.5/5 Last year Ravi had reviewed Aroon Raman’s debut book – The Shadow Throne. The book and the cover seemed very interesting to me and I had immediately made a mental note to include the book in my to-read list, but, somehow, I could …

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Chakra: Chronicles of the Witch Way

Chakra: Chronicles of the Witch Way | Ritu Lalit | Book Review

PLOT: 3/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 3/5 Supernatural is always an interesting topic to read on. There is the element of intrigue, and at the end of the book, depending on how the story ends, you always feel good to know that there is something larger than life out there. …

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Love & Death in the Middle Kingdom

Love & Death in the Middle Kingdom | Nalini Rajan | Book Review

PLOT: 2.5/5 CHARACTERS: 3/5 WRITING STYLE: 3.5/5 CLIMAX: 3/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 2.5/5 I live around 10 km away from Hampi, the seat of the Vijayanagara Empire. It is my regular haunting place and I’ve been there a trillion times. I am aware of its history and am quite acquainted with the significance behind each of …

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The Aryavarta Chronicles #1: Govinda

Govinda: The Aryavarta Chronicles Book 1 | Krishna Udayasankar | Book Review

The story of The Aryavarta Chronicles #1: Govinda, revolves around the formation of the Aryavarta Empire. There are 2 factions, the Firstborn and the Firewrights. The Firstborn are scholars who have an immense knowledge of the scriptures while the Firewrights are inventors and scientists.

The King’s Deception

The King’s Deception | Steve Berry | Book Review

PLOT: 4/5 CHARACTERS: 4/5 WRITING STYLE: 4/5 CLIMAX: 4.5/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 4/5 For an author, it is not enough to have a good story to tell. It is also important to make sure that the right amounts of suspense are interspersed in the narration to keep the reader interested throughout. To do this successfully, the …

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Dominion by C.J. Sansom

Dominion | C.J. Sansom | Book Review

In Dominion, and contrary to reality, Winston Churchill is defeated and Beaverbrook comes to power, who makes peace with the Germans. All war hostility with Germany ceases and the British Jews are saved from persecution for the time being.

The Black Coat by Neamat Imam

The Black Coat | Neamat Imam | Book Review

PLOT: 5/5 CHARACTERS: 5/5 WRITING STYLE: 5/5 CLIMAX: 4/5 ENTERTAINMENT QUOTIENT: 5/5 I trace my roots to Jamalganj, a sleepy village in Bangladesh. My grandfather was born there; my father and my uncles were born there and I too, was born, not very far from the border. During the 1971 exodus, when thousands of refugees …

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