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Title: Sparrowhawk: Jack Frake (Cline, Edward. Sparrowhawk Series, Bk. 1.) by Edward Cline ISBN: 1-931561-21-4 Publisher: MacAdam/Cage Publishing Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Finally...A Book That Inspires
Comment: Everywhere I go, every book store and library I walk into, I find myself faced with "important" books, books I "should" read, and books that have garnered all kinds of critical acclaim. All too often, I read these books and end up feeling dissatisfied or depressed. I'd like to blame the authors' writing skills, but that wouldn't be fair, because sometimes, it's only the writer's evocative prose or clever style that gets me to the end of the book. So what is it that disappoints me? It's the pictures their words paint. So many of these "important" books paint pictures of dull, desperate lives, weak minds, and general hopelessness. As accurate as these portrayals may be, I don't need to see them over and over again. Honestly, I'm surrounded by dead-end people, dead-end jobs, and dead-end ideas in my daily life. I fight my own battles against laziness and mediocrity every day.
So, where are the books that portray brilliance and worth, instead of just misery and dependence? Look no further than the Sparrowhawk series. In these books, you won't find heroes who deny themselves in hyper-melodramatic self-sacrifice or who wear white robes and fling lightning bolts at their enemies. If that's what you're looking for, go read "Lord of the Rings" again. What Sparrowhawk's heroes display is belief in themselves, indomitable will, honesty, and the courage to strive for greatness in the face of a world that fears, resents, and tries to destroy greatness. I may never have the extraordinary abilities of a Jack Frake or a Hugh Kenrick, but the very idea of them inspires me in a way that no Oprah book has ever managed to do. I wish there were more books like these.
Rating: 5
Summary: To live free, or die!
Comment: The challenge in writing historical fiction lies in capturing both the details of a period and the spirit that inhabits it; to be believed, historical drama demands faithfulness in both set and actors. In Sparrowhawk: Jack Frake, novelist Edward Cline succeeds where countless others have failed. He tells the story of a boy, Jake Frake, who grows up under the weight of a brutal and hopeless society in early 18th century England, and yet aligns himself with unbowed heroes and emerges a young man of valiant and courageous character. In Jack Frake and his compatriots, one sees the genesis of the ideas that will one day compel colonists in America to declare, as inscribed in the marble of the Jefferson Memorial, "eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Cline does not deal treat these ideas as disconnected parlor games; he shows them embodied in men of action and passion. The result is compelling.
Edward Cline has crafted a testament to the unbowed, unbreakable sprit that makes men great. I eagerly look forward to reading the upcoming installments of the Sparrowhawk series.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great book
Comment: I loved this book--I couldn't put it down I was so involved with the characters and story. I read so quickly I'm now re-reading to pick up what I missed in the first reading--it's just as good the second time.
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Title: Sparrowhawk: Hugh Kenrick (Sparrowhawk (McAdam/Cage)) by Edward Cline ISBN: 1931561206 Publisher: MacAdam/Cage Publishing Pub. Date: 01 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Sparrowhawk II: Hugh Kenrick by Edward Cline ISBN: 1931561540 Publisher: MacAdam/Cage Publishing Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Sparrowhawk: Book 3: Caxton by Edward Cline ISBN: 1931561532 Publisher: MacAdam/Cage Publishing Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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