Review: Good story, despite poor editing!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 31, 2011
It's a strong story, set in a historical setting that is soundly researched and beautifully described; especially the minor details regarding countryside, military equipment, clothing, etc. Battle scenes are stirringly presented with all the action followers of the 'historical military fiction' genre could possibly want.The central character here is a good one, a prince set amongst a slave revolt & forced to come to terms with treating 'these people' as equals. His inner turmoil in this respect is extremely interesting. Indeed most of the central characters are well presented, showing strength, resolve, but with all kinds of human frailties in their personas.The Spartacus slave rebellion is sparsely recorded by historians, probably because the victors (who wrote the history) came out of this episode with little, or no glory. However, the story follows the known course of events faithfully & I found the narrative credible.A great read, highly recommended!So... why not 5 stars?The same old problem that I have experienced in most of my Kindle books; lousy editing! Surely the authors used proof-readers somewhere down the line; in which case there must be a strong case for a legal suit against these morons. The whole book is littered with spelling mistakes and typos. It is a testament to the quality of the story, and the authors writing skills, that I persevered to the end of the book. I sincerely hope that this issue of poor editing, typos, etc. in Kindle presentations is being addressed generally (come on Amazon, you should be pushing for this!) somewhere because my whole kindle experience is being ruined bacause of it.