Three Kingdoms
Part 1
Part 2
Fantastic read. Its a difficult one because you will be jumping from different locations all over China and follow through third person narrative of at least a hundred different important people. However, families usually have a distinct name that is shared between members, and you will not forget who was responsible/decisive at certain peak events throughout the novel.
With that said, although this is a historical novel, not all of it is accurate. There is some myth thrown in, and it proves to be very intriguing. It makes you try and distinguish what is real and what is myth, and although usually it is very clear, sometimes it makes you wonder if:
- A certain general really held a castle with 800 men against a force of 50 thousand for several days, until reinforcements came;
- If a certain general really died from illness because of being haunted by the ghost of someone he recently murdered;
- If a man was actually able to manipulate the wind to spread a fire among enemy ships (that were linked together) and contribute to the defeat of an army of nearly one million men;
etc.
A must read, or at least a further look for anyone who takes interest in historic novels.