When I set out to read this book I didn’t know it would qualify for the “And So It Begins” square on the CBR10 bingo card.  Happily for me that is a box now checked off, as this is book one in The Tales of Valdur series. The header of The Guns of Ivrea page on Clifford Beal’s site says, “Historical Fiction with a Twist of Lime”.  Historical fiction implies to me that you are taking historical people and events and writing your own interpretation of said events.  […]