Aside from the beautiful medieval illustrations, The Knights Templar: Their History and Myths Revealed felt like a another cookie cutter Knights Templar history book. Not surprising this is the typical English medieval book that someone portrays all of Western Europe as England and France. Given that this is a book regarding the Templars, it hardly […]
After over a decade of being in my “to be read list”, I finally took the leap and decided to start reading the entire Wheel of Time saga. Throughout all this time, I’ve managed to somehow avoid any possible spoilers. So I came into this fantasy series not knowing anything about it, other than it […]
Peregrinatio (“Pilgrimage” in Latin) is a interesting book. The story itself is fascinating. It takes place in early fourteen century in medieval Spain. This book is essentially a pilgrimage guide to from a father to his son, who is about to become a knight and therefore will be going on pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. […]
As one of the many books that I originally read during the Covid lockdowns, and having re-read it early this summer again, and as a self-respected Hispanic medievalist. I had to write a review about this amazing book. Originally written in medieval Catalan in the late thirteen century, by Ramon Llull, this book is the […]
Alfonso VI: Señor del Cid, Conquistador de Toledo (Alfonso VI: The Lord of El Cid and Conqueror of Toledo) is a history book about the life and legacy of this really important king in Spanish (and Portuguese) history. Arguably considered to be one of greatest kings of medieval Spain, Alfonso IV is most famous because […]
Los demonios del mar: De cuando los vikingos atacaron las costas de España en el siglo IX (The Devils of the sea: When the Vikings attacked the shores of Spain in the 9th century) is the third novel of the Los pioneros de La Reconquista (Pioneers of the Reconquest) historical fiction series by José Javier […]
El reino del cielo (Kingdom of Heaven), not to be confused with the atrocious movie about The Crusades. This historical fiction novel takes place during the late eleventh century and early twelve century medieval Spain. The setting is southern frontier of the Reconquista, in a fortified fortress to what will become the city of Madrid. […]
I can debate anyone on why the Hispanic world has the most rich medieval history over everyone else. Such setting can bring to life a wealth of endless opportunities of stories such as El caballero del Cid (The Knight of the Cid) by José Luis Olaizola. In this book we follow an Christian orphan boy […]
This is one of those books that I found by complete accident, and I’m extremely happy I found it. I was hesitant to write a review about it given that I wasn’t able to find much information on the internet about it or about it’s author Enrique del Álamo. The only thing I was able […]
Three months into 2025 and I’ve certainly failed miserably on writing book reviews for the books that I’ve finished reading. So it had to take a special book to break this terrible habit, and that book is El jinete de luz: Clavijo, la batalla prohibida de la reconquista (“The Rider of the Light: Clavijo, The […]