The Book That Has Impacted Me Most: David Horn

Published March 18, 2014 | By Laura

Self published author, David Horn talks about the book that’s impacted him the most.

In just under 1000 days between 1347 and 1351 the black death swept across Europe. When it finally left, 25 million people lay dead. In “The Great Mortality – An Intimate History of the Black Death,” published by Harper Perennial in 2005, John Kelly takes us into the fascinating and often frightening world of 14^th century Europe and into the lives of the people who lived there. We spend time in community after community, city after city, and country after country, where simple people going about their lives are stalked by a menace that cannot be seen, cannot be understood, and cannot be stopped. The book draws you in and takes hold like its subject matter once did. It is fascinating, tragic, and horrifying all at once, and we see the plague through the very personal experiences of the people who suffered its ravages. This is, without a doubt, one of the best reads I have come across in a long time and cannot recommend it enough.

David Horn has self published two novels – Conversations and Wreaths for Silencia which is available in paperback and e-book via Amazon.

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Laura

I'm Laura. I started Novel Kicks back in 2009 as I wanted a place to discuss books and writing - two loves of my life. As someone who has anxiety, these two things give me, and I am sure countless others, a much needed escape.
There is a monthly book club, writing exercises, prompts, reviews, author interviews, competitions and guest posts. I cover many genres and I hope there is something for everyone.
I grew up by the sea in Dorset and currently live in Poole with my husband, Chris and three cats. I love writing and have a BA (Hons) in Creative Writing from Falmouth University. I am writing my first book. If only I could stop pressing delete. Chris has threatened to stop it from working. Haha.
I have always loved creative writing since I was in first school and would very much like to meet my teacher, Miss Sayers, to say thank you for all the encouragement she gave me then.
When not writing, I love reading, cats, Disney, singing (I can't sing but this doesn't stop me,) and falling into a good TV show or film. If I could step into any fictional world, it would be amongst the characters in ABC's Once Upon a Time.
I love reading many genres and discovering new authors.

The Book That Has Impacted Me Most: David Horn

Self published author, David Horn talks about the book that’s impacted him the most.

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