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December 7

A Booke of Days: A Journal of the Crusade

I am thinking about buying this book, but I wanted to do some research on it first. However I looked online to see if I could find a timeline of the events it covers, but I found nothing. Has anyone here read it? I even looked for a Wikipedia article on it but I couldn't find anything. Any information about the book would be highly appreciated. Miss Bono^{[hello, hello!]} 14:09, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The novel is set during the First Crusade, beginning in 1096. There are plenty of readers' reviews on Amazon, Goodreads, etc. The only professional review that I could find is on Kirkus Reviews: [1] We don't have an article on the author, Stephen J. Rivele, but a brief bio can be found on Goodreads: [2] (He's primarily a screenwriter) --2603:6081:1C00:1187:357E:3A04:8AB8:95E5 (talk) 15:27, 7 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The book presents itself as the translation of the authentic diary of an historical participant in the First Crusade. Some readers apparently did not grasp that this is a work of fiction, even though the publisher added "A novel of the Crusades" on the cover. Publisher's Weekly also has a review: [3]. --Lambiam 08:29, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Another review: Susan Lynne Harkins. "Transformed by the Crucible of War". OrlandoSentinel.com. Orlando Sentinel. —2603:6081:1C00:1187:4D00:61FD:C4AB:CCB5 (talk) 14:58, 8 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

That link did not work for me (it redirects to the paper's home page), but here is a version from Google's web cache. --Lambiam 10:25, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you very much. I'm gonna check those links! DominiqueGoode^[Yes?] 21:06, 9 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]