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 in 2009. I wanted a place to post my writing as well as give other writers like me the opportunity to do the same. There is also a monthly book club, a writing room which features writing prompts, book reviews, competitions, author interviews and guest posts.

I grew up by the sea (my favourite place in the world) and I currently live in Hampshire. I am married to Chris, have a cat named Buddy and I would love to be a writer. I’m trying to write the novel I’ve talked so much about writing if only I could stop pressing delete. I’ve loved writing since creative writing classes in primary school. I have always wanted to see my teacher Miss Sayers again and thank her for the encouragement. When not trying to write the novel or writing snippets of stories on anything I can get my hands on, I love reading, dancing like a loon and singing to myself very badly. My current obsession is Once Upon a Time and I would be happy to live with magic in the enchanted forest surrounded by all those wonderful stories provided that world also included Harry Potter. I love reading chick lit. contemporary fiction and novels with mystery.

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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