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I did a big thread on king arthur a while back, link here: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3617881 I've read all of Cornwell's Sharpe series and enjoyed it. It's not quite on the same level as Renault or O'Brian but you can tell he does his research. The interesting thing was that it's the only major series I know of that you really should read in internal chronological order rather than published order, because he plotted all 20-odd books out in advance before writing the first one; though of course basing it on a foot-soldier's view of Nelson's career helped. EDIT: not Nelson, Wellington, I just woke up here How can anyone like Ken Follett, though. I mean, poo poo, people complain about fantasy novels being rapey. Pillars of the Earth is the only book I was ever assigned for class that I didn't finish reading; It's like someone took an Edward Rutherford novel and just added a rape scene on every fourth page. One good book to read after reading Cornwell's saxon stories is White Horse King by Benjamin Merkle. Hieronymous Alloy fucked around with this message at 17:35 on Jan 1, 2016 |
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