tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post5360621599512013713..comments2023-11-30T10:43:33.130-06:00Comments on Reading Freely: Sword of the AnglesStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-11731359730034115352015-08-27T11:56:46.454-05:002015-08-27T11:56:46.454-05:00Sound good to me also. You are moving forward in ...Sound good to me also. You are moving forward in history after your recent grappling with Latin. I enjoy journey of the hero type stories and am tempted to reread Sir Gawain and the Green Knight or Beowulf; both favorites.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561320676355168336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-16354698190069147162015-08-26T13:02:57.867-05:002015-08-26T13:02:57.867-05:00Just one Ben Kane so far: The Forgotten Legion. It...Just one Ben Kane so far: The Forgotten Legion. It was very good and I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the trilogy.<br /><br />You'll have probably noticed that the vast majority of my reading is by Anglo-American men. I decided a while back to do something about that. I've increased the number of female authors and now its the turn for 'foreign' ones. So far so good - Swedish, Italian, the next is German and then French....CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-79973121668434266602015-08-26T10:48:18.263-05:002015-08-26T10:48:18.263-05:00That sounds like an interesting venture!
On Rome,...That sounds like an interesting venture!<br /><br />On Rome, that reminds me..have you read much Ben Kane? You mentioned him when I finished John Stack's trilogy. Did he write a book about the Medes vs Romans, or was that someone else?Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-89760730101244523002015-08-25T17:01:35.937-05:002015-08-25T17:01:35.937-05:00Well, I suppose that the Rome thing was getting a ...Well, I suppose that the Rome thing was getting a bit overcrowded (isn't it just!) so they needed to move somewhere else. The Dark Ages (being rather sparsely documented) gives authors a lot of spare ground for fertile imaginations..... [grin]<br /><br />I'm presently 2 books in to a series of 10 various works translated into English (first will be reviewed on Thursday). It's good to have a slightly different perspective on things from time to time.. It helps keep things fresh. CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-15240388008572170292015-08-25T15:20:47.592-05:002015-08-25T15:20:47.592-05:00The amount of fiction in this particular genre (Vi...The amount of fiction in this particular genre (Viking fiction, basically, Angles and Franks and such fighting Danes and Norsemen)) is a lot larger than I would have expected. Once I finish some more books I'm going to try the Strongbow Saga, or maybe those Viking-era Ireland novels..Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-73461347929232329092015-08-25T14:56:54.546-05:002015-08-25T14:56:54.546-05:00Sounds good. I have a hand-full of Dark Age books ...Sounds good. I have a hand-full of Dark Age books that really should be closer to the top of the read-me-next pile. I'll have to look out for this - and the follow ups.CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.com