Swords and Scimitars (The Royal Pavilions, No. 1)

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Summary: I'm taking time to write just to make the rating go up
Review: I don't have much time, but I can't believe some people gave such bad reviews for this books. It's not one of my favorites, but it is well done. Furthermore, it is meant as a sort of lead in to all that happens between Helena and Tancred. It is a scrumptious book! I took the time to write this review, so hope hope that you take the time to read the book. It's worth it!

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Summary: Great Book!
Review: I found nothing about this book to be tedious - the background or history about the crusades was most interesting and helped set the stage for the characters and their role in the story.

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Summary: Be Smart
Review: I read this book and I found it veeeeery interesting. Surely, all good readers will find it an interesting book because it has history, romance, and is very realistic. Note: A realistic book needs to have more than two characters, no?. All the intelligent people that read all the reviews must read this book. When you read this book, if you are intelligent enough, you will want to read the others.

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Summary: Swords and Scimitars
Review: Swords and Scimitars by Linda Chaikin is a great book. I like how Mrs. Chaikin got her historical people and events so accurate. She has good character development and a great plot summery. The dialoged in Swords and Scimitars is also well done. I would recommend this book to anyone that likes historical-fiction novels.

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Summary: Please make this rating go up!!!!
Review: This book is definitely a five starer or even more!! Lady Helena Lysander of the Nobility is caught up in political intrigue in the Byzantine city, Constantinople in 1096 during the crusades; intrigue that would have her ended up a reluctant bride of a Moslem prince. Tancred Jehan Redwan is a Norman/Moorish warrior framed for murdering his half-brother, Derek and escaped craven to pursue Mosul his Moorish cousin, the assassin. He is caught up with the events of the Peasant crusade led by Peter the Hermit and meets Helena on his way to Constantinople. Helena was searching for her uncle, Nicholas, to try to thwart her aunt Irene's plans and find her mother whom she believes is not dead but held captive in the Moslem territory. Tancred's and Helena's paths entwined and she decides to enlist his help in locating her mother and escaping marriage to the Moslem prince. Great story about love, courage during the First Crusade. Linda Chaikin did a great job with this book!

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Summary: Enjoyable...
Review: This first book in the trilogy captures the reader's attention, and makes him want to read the other two. It was hard to find though, because the set has gone out of print, I was lucky enough to find it at my library though. Tancred is somewhat typical of Chaikin's male characters, and the twist with him is somewhat similar to that of Bruce Hawkins in Captive Heart (the first installment in Chaikin's Trade Winds series).
The second and third books are slightly more exciting, but for starters, this really is a good book.

Rating:
Summary: Enjoyable...
Review: This first book in the trilogy captures the reader's attention, and makes him want to read the other two. It was hard to find though, because the set has gone out of print, I was lucky enough to find it at my library though. Tancred is somewhat typical of Chaikin's male characters, and the twist with him is somewhat similar to that of Bruce Hawkins in Captive Heart (the first installment in Chaikin's Trade Winds series).
The second and third books are slightly more exciting, but for starters, this really is a good book.