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Book Review of Black Ships

Black Ships
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Helpful Score: 4


This novel is based loosely on Virgil's The Aeneid, the tale of the last of the inhabitants of Troy after its fall and their journey to find a new land to settle. Graham 'fills in' the loose journey facts related by Virgil into a human tale of love, survival and new beginnings for this small, refugee population. It is a great premise for a story that is very human, and an interesting look at what daily life was like for people in 1200 BC. A good historical fiction read by a promising new author to the genre.