Showing posts with label Bernard Cornwell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bernard Cornwell. Show all posts
Friday, January 5, 2024

The Truth of the Matter of Britain

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Something about January has been bringing me back to King Arthur. Maybe it's the promise of renewal, of a hopeful dawn on a new golden a...
Sunday, June 3, 2012

The Dragon Lord by David Drake, a review

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Some twenty years before TheWarlord Chronicles , a grim and gritty take on the Arthurian mythos by historical fiction author Bernard Cor...
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Shamelessly lifted news items: Agincourt, The Hobbit, and Styrbiorn

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A few news items of interest, lifted shamelessly from other blogs and/or newsgroups I subscribe to: Bernard Cornwell's Agincourt headed...
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Thursday, February 17, 2011

Internal, external conflict ignite Cornwell’s The Burning Land

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“Our gods prefer feasting. They live, Uhtred. They live and laugh and enjoy, and what does their god do? He broods, he’s vengeful, he scowls...
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Sunday, February 6, 2011

Realism does not equal adult: A followup

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My Thursday post generated a lot of comments here and on Black Gate and some personal e-mails, which was great, but at least one person did...
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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Top 10 fantasy fiction battles: Camlann

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1. Battle of Camlann , from various sources Many a spear was thrust and splintered, Many a stern word spoken; Many a sword was hacked and be...
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Thursday, November 19, 2009

The Burning Land set to reignite the Saxon Stories

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The cover blurbs on Bernard Cornwell’s books read “Perhaps the greatest writer of historical adventure novels today,” and frankly, you’ll ge...
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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Cimmerian sighting: Reveling in the slaughter of Agincourt

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Bernard Cornwell’s Agincourt (2009, HarperCollins Publishers) does not tell the story of a battle, but rather of a terrible red butchery. E...
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Sunday, February 8, 2009

Top 10 fantasy fiction battles: Battle of Cynuit

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8. The Last Kingdom, Bernard Cornwell Battle of Cynuit He stared balefully across the encampment where men were drinking. “Do you know who ...
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Sunday, January 18, 2009

A berserk bit of history: The Battle of Stamford Bridge

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With my interest piqued by the recent news that HarperCollins will be publishing The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun by J.R.R. Tolkien in May 2...
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Saturday, June 28, 2008

Taking the Lamentations of the Flame Princess challenge

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Over at Lamentations of the Flame Princess , James Edward Raggi IV has asked the blogosphere to take up the gauntlet and list the media infl...
Monday, March 31, 2008

Bernard Cornwell: A Man's writer

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The cover blurbs on Bernard Cornwell’s books read “Perhaps the greatest writer of historical adventure novels today,” and frankly, you’ll g...
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