Book: The Sword of Truth
Author: Gilbert Morris
Published: 1994
Genre: Historical Fiction
Finished: January 15, 2008

I have read a lot of Gilbert Morris books and have really liked all of them. His stories are always interesting and I read some where that most of the love stories are based off of real love stories of people he has known. This book I had read before, I’ve read the whole series before, but when I got it for our church library from paperback swap I decided to pick it up and read it again as fun read. The book is a little long however for a typical fun read. I ended up getting most of the way through it and then setting it aside for a while. It doesn’t help that it is broken up into parts which make it convenient to stop at the end of a part. LOL.

I did enjoy the book though. It is set in the time of King Henry VIII and William Tyndale. I find that time of history particularly fascinating. A couple themes in the book that I like was Myles coming to realize that infatuation does not equal true love, and the strong faith of the women in his life. Here is a quote about Lady Jane, Myles’ step mother towards the end of the book, “She had always seen her walk with God as a great adventure that was not only spiritual but also a tangible, visible, exciting daily experience. She was totally confident that, no matter how dark the day, God’s sunshine lay just beyond, and waiting until the day came was of no consequence, for God was in the shadows as well.” Being able to see God in the shadows of life as well as in the sunshine. Wow. Challenging isn’t it?