The 2nd historic Great Horse wore a headdress according to Scythian custom, but Meagan (and readers) never know him: the animal was sacrificed with a tombful of horses and human attendants to be an escort for a Scythian chieftain in the after-world.
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The Great ‘Cave’ Horse
The first historic Great Horse from the trilogy is a gentle prehistoric mare. At first, Meagan doesn’t know she is dealing with a ‘cave’ horse–equine nature has not changed in many thousands of millennia. It is humans who have changed.
Reading History
Learning about history doesn’t require classroom time or tedious study. Knowledge and enthusiasm for history can be gained through fun, readable books–both fiction and non-fiction–that shine an interesting light into the past … it is only a matter of finding ones that ignite your curiosity.
Whether you’d like to know more about a particular era from Eclipsed by Shadow (Book #1 of The Legend of the Great Horse trilogy) or simply wish to explore ancient history, the above books rank among the very best for sparking new interest in readers.
» For further reading, see the Eclipsed by Shadow bibliography.
Book Review: Eclipsed by Shadow is a “rollicking historical action adventure through time”
ECLIPSED BY SHADOW is a rollicking historical action adventure through time. Awesome, right? It’s even young adult! And it incorporates a flying horse! What more could I need in life? I’m not exactly one for fantasy, but this book is heavy on the historical, and being a history and classical studies girl, I guess this just hit my complicated array of switches, levers and buttons.—Whitebrook Farm
The following is a review of Eclipsed by Shadow, Book #1 of The Legend of the Great Horse trilogy by Whitebrook Farm:
Eclipsed by Shadow | Trotting through History
Eclipsed by Shadow is the first book of the historical adventure trilogy, The Legend of the Great Horse, a journey through the ages when horses were everyday companions in work, war, sport and spectacle. The story is told through the eyes of a young woman, a horse-crazy teenager traveling through time with a knowledge of 21st Century horsemanship as her only defense.
So I know what you’re thinking, and it’s probably “her horsemanship had better be fantastic.” Or maybe that was just me?
Eclipsed by Shadow is a rollicking historical action adventure through time. Awesome, right? It’s even young adult! And it incorporates a flying horse! What more could I need in life? I’m not exactly one for fantasy, but this book is heavy on the historical, and being a history and classical studies girl, I guess this just hit my complicated array of switches, levers and buttons.