A page-turner that combines pacy plot with intellect and a grand historical sweep.
O'Neill's gift is to underpin his bold fancies with scholarship. [His] writing is
both spry and forceful. The characters are vividly alive in their obsessions. The
Empire of Eternity establishes O'Neill's reputation as a suave, daring and unflaggingly
entertaining story-teller.
-THE BULLETIN
Napoleon, ancient curses and Victorian intrigue make for a gripping novel. What
you get in O'Neill's novels is a vivid evocation of time and place, allied to an
unflagging narrative drive. His language can be casually arresting. But his rarer
quality is that his dramatic imagination is as strong as his sense of history. A
tasty snack for the reader's imagination.
-SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
O’Neill successfully interweaves two simultaneous narratives – Napoleon’s quest
and Rhind’s investigations – which, surprisingly, meet in a climax that is shocking
yet enlightening, and utterly satisfying.
-GOOD READING
The subjects that have inspired Anthony O’Neill
have never been close to my heart. Yet O’Neill’s seductive mixture of historical
fact, redemptive philosophy and wildly imaginative fiction have reeled me in every
time and made me a willing convert to his interests. [His] forte is to take real
people in their real eras and place and invest them with thoughts, motivations and,
at times, the most rambustious adventures, which all eventually culminate in a low-key
but powerful thought-provoking message for the modern reader. [With The Empire of
Eternity] one is surprised and delighted, yet again, by O’Neill’s numinous,
adventurous approach to our flawed humanity.
-ADELAIDE ADVERTISER
[A] cleverly constructed historical thriller.
O’Neill’s style – urbane, informed and wryly amused – is his own. He has a good
ear for dialogue and convincingly evokes the idiom of the age. [He] maintains suspense
by deferring the solution to the last possible moment. These closing sequences,
in which time, memory and narrative converge, are utterly enthralling.
-THE WEST AUSTRALIAN
[An] elegantly written work which … maintains a fascination throughout
-COURIER-MAIL
To contact the author please email anthony@anthonyoneill.net