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Always love Barbara Erskine books and this was no exception. I love the historical accuracy combined with the supernatural element and its always a good tale. My only criticism, a tad too long this time.
5🌟Fun, atmospheric, involving novel from Queen of the time-slip genre, Barbara Erskine. I really enjoyed this book - yes you have to suspend your disbelief and accept the madness of the plot but once you do that you can throw yourself into the glory of the story and enjoy where it takes you. 5🌟 for pure entertainment.
Oh how I love an Erskine book. Could not wait for this to be released and I tried so hard to take it slow and savour every moment. For me, her story telling just wraps you up in an embrace and sweeps you along as if you are there watching the heart wrenching tale unfold before you. Her talent for historical accuracy and ability to craft a mystery while staying as close as possible to the ‘known facts’ is remarkable. Then you add in her method of weaving in elements of the supernatural or time sl...
I love Barbara Erskine books but unfortunately this one wasn’t her best. It read like some of her others books in the past and while I was reading it I kept thinking I’ve read something similar in her other books. Maybe it’s time she wrote something a little different. I accept that most of her books are set in Wales but, this subject is getting tired. Hopefully next time her next book will be better.
*4.5 stars *I loved Barbara Erskine’s novel The Ghost Tree, so when the publisher invited me to read The Dream Weavers, I took no persuading whatsoever!At around 560 pages, (kindle edition) this wasn’t a short read, but somehow the pages just flew by, as if possessed by an invisible hand, gripped as I was by this gloriously engaging tale.Simon Armstrong has rented a remote cottage at Offa’s dyke on the English/ Welsh borders, leaving his wife and teenage children back in London. He desperately n...
When I was offered the opportunity to read The Dream Weavers ahead of publication, I hesitated because I wasn’t sure I was interested in ‘love and myth, magic and the supernatural’. I’m so glad I did, though – Barbara Erskine draws the reader in to the story and places straight away. The Dream Weavers is evocative of the landscape of the Marches; it’s a bit of a treat to have a book set so close to home and makes it easy to place myself there, to imagine some of the places and plan to visit othe...
I am a great fan of Barbara Erskine and, after reading Lady of Hay, I went on to read all her other books so I was understandably thrilled when this, her latest book, came up to read before publication! Many thanks, therefore to Pigeonhole and the author for the opportunity of reading this book and commenting along with other readers in daily staves over 10 days. Each day I found myself immersed in current day Hereford and also in Anglo Saxon times following the enchanting story of Eadburgh and
Its a long time since I read my first Barbara Erskine novels and I no longer remember them but...I'd be grateful if someone would put me right. Is this a sequel, a spin-off from an earlier book?If its not, its a rehash of earlier works and I very much got the feeling that Barbara Erskine needed a rest. It felt laboured, repetitive and eventually boring. Yes, it's great to have history fictionalised. You learn in a way you would not do from dry lessons. Erskine's work will always be valuable on t...
A fabulous time slip story set in the present day and 775AD in Hereford near the English/Welsh border and Offa’s Dyke. Bea lives with her husband, Mark, who is Canon Treasurer of the local cathedral. When author Simon, who is writing a book about Anglo Saxon King Offa, hears a recurrent strange voice and has disturbing visions, he calls upon Bea for help. I’ve been a huge Barbara Erskine fan since I read Lady of Hay in the 1980s and when I saw that her latest book, The Dream Weavers, would be av...
I haven’t read any Barbara Erskine for a while and I enjoyed listening to this one on Audible. The formula is always the same and as the books progress the constant need for the modern day protagonists to ‘rest’ or ‘sleep’ gets annoying but of course it is an essential vehicle for telling the story from the past. I was very engrossed by the story of Eadburgh, daughter of Offa, king of Mercia. Not much is known of her life but she did marry and poison the king of Wessex and was exiled to a conven...
