> I read the book a ways back and thought it was > pretty hoaky, but I don't > remember exactly why.
I read the book too and found it pretty unconvincing. Having studied history, and indeed making the Hundred years War a particular specialty, at no point in reading the book was I convinced that I was "in" the 14th C. A far better book, I thought, was Ken Follet's _Pillars of the Earth_, if you ignore the use of warhorses as practical transportation, the (I thought) anti-climatic ending, and the anti-military bias Follet has (at least that's how I felt). But it was great for creating a picture of 12th C England. Damon. ===== ------------------------------------------------------------ Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html Now Building: ------------------------------------------------------------ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
