Author:Jose Rizal
In more than a century since its appearance, José Rizal's Noli Me Tangere has become widely known as the great novel of the Philippines. A passionate love story set against the ugly political backdrop of repression, torture, and murder, "The Noli," as it is called in the Philippines, was the first major artistic manifestation of Asian resistance to European colonialism, and Rizal became a guiding conscience—and martyr—for the revolution that would subsequently rise up in the Spanish province.
Her novels are still very much to be enjoyed ... Any writer who can both educate and thrill a reader of any age deserves to be remembered and find new fans ... One only has to look at the TV/Media to see that the appetite for this kind of writing is still very much there
—— Matt Bates , WH Smith TravelJean Plaidy doesn't just write the history, she makes it come alive.
—— Julia Moffat, RNAMiss Plaidy does full justice to the trials of Henry II's last years.The demands of the vast Angevin Empire, provide strong dramatic material which she handles with her usual skill.
—— Sunday TimesPlaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama
—— New York TimesFull-blooded, dramatic, exciting
—— ObserverIt is hard to better Jean Plaidy when she is in form...both elegant and exciting as she steers a stylish path through the feuding Plantagenets.
—— Daily MirrorOutstanding
—— Vanity FairJean Plaidy conveys the texture of various patches of the past with such rich complexity
—— GuardianSeven Lies...has a way of enlarging the spirit and refreshing the mind far more comprehensively than many books with twice its 200 pages
—— James Buchan , Guardian[T]his seems to be an artful evocation of the effect of totalitarianism on the individual. But if this sounds drably psychological, I am doing the novel a disservice: it is short, intense, powerful and superbly crafted
—— Chris Power , The TimesIntricately plotted and structured, its prose both elegant and poised, Seven Lies could be read as a fable about the political and spiritual corruption endemic in a totalitarian state. It is, however, very much concerned with the human cost of deception and betrayal
—— Tim Parks , Sunday TimesA brilliant and darkly funny tale of politics and paranoia
—— Christina Patterson , IndependentA must-read for empty nesters ... this is Trollope at her most poignant
—— Guernsey Now
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