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Re: Favorite Castle Book?

Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 2:18 pm
by gormadoc1
And you should read unfinished tales as well blue moon knight if you like Tolkien. :)

Re: Favorite Castle Book?

Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 2:09 pm
by Albatross_Viking
Oh yes, just forgot it on the list :) Thanks gormadoc.

A_V

Re: Favorite Castle Book?

Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2009 12:38 pm
by Blue Moon Knight
Hmmmm, perhaps I will. Thanks guys!

Re: Favorite Castle Book?

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 3:36 am
by Rick-Ricks
Blue Moon Knight wrote:
Lewa Rocks wrote:
Rick-Ricks wrote:
The Redwall books by Brian Jaques.
Yay! I love those books!
So do I! The Redwall series is my favorite by far.
Glad I'm not the only one.

Re: Favorite Castle Book?

Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:03 am
by JoshWedin
Rick-Ricks wrote:Glad I'm not the only one.
You aren't. While I wouldn't say that its my favorite "medieval book", the series is very fun. And Brian Jacques is hysterical. If you ever get a chance to meet him, his book-signings are a blast!

Josh

Re: Favorite Castle Book?

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 1:43 pm
by mystuffiscool
I noticed that several people had mentioned the Inheritance Trilogy/"cycle"( :? (It's going to be a long wait for the fourth one :snore: ))

Brisingr!!!

I'm a big fan of Potter too(yes, I've read all 7), but Eragon is a bit less wave-your-wand-around-and-say-some-magic-words :twisted: . I mean, it's like he thrusts his hand out, and bellows Brisingr! and there's this large tounge of flame. Harry Potter just doesn't have that medieval realistic dragon war thing :D .


That's my thoughts,

Re: Favorite Castle Book?

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 3:56 pm
by Maedhros
mystuffiscool wrote:that medieval realistic dragon war thing :D .
I'm not sure I´d refer to dragon wars as realistic ;)

Re: Favorite Castle Book?

Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:25 pm
by Heir of Black Falcon
mystuffiscool wrote:
that medieval realistic dragon war thing .


I'm not sure I´d refer to dragon wars as realistic
mystuffiscool wrote:that medieval realistic dragon war thing :D .
I'm not sure I´d refer to dragon wars as realistic ;)
I don't know.... I have seen a few old dragons out lately. :wink:

Re: Favorite Castle Book?

Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 1:35 pm
by JoshWedin
I've been reading the Brother Caedfael mysteries lately and am getting inspired by them. I may have to build a Shrewsbury Abbey now....

Josh

Re: Favorite Castle Book?

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 5:59 am
by HerBlockHighness
My interests tend to run the historical gamut!
Some really great books, if you like realism, are the Pageant of England series (a history of the Plantagenet kings) by Thomas B Costain. He has such a passionate writing style that history becomes really interesting (for those of you who don't like history.) Mr. Costain also wrote some fabulous fiction books, Below the Salt and the SIlver Chalice being my favorites.
Another good Castle-y read is the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer.
I enjoy books about the French Revolution as well. Marie Antoinette was a very interesting tragic figure.
I'm not huge into fantasy, but I have always like the Hobbit, and I love the Chronicles of Narnia! I also enjoy various incarnations of the Robin Hood and King Arthur myths.
I just finished Her Majesty's SpyMaster, about Francis Walsingham, and it was very well written and really educational!

:wave:

Re: Favorite Castle Book?

Posted: Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:30 pm
by Albatross_Viking
The Winterking,
The Enemy of God,
Excalibur.
A trilogy about King Arthur (written by Bernard Cornwell) i started reading recently, really good books.

A_V

Re: Favorite Castle Book?

Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 8:00 am
by fenris
Bernard Cornwell is great. I can only recommend ALL of his books, specially:

The Saxon Stories

* The Last Kingdom, 2004
* The Pale Horseman, 2005
* The Lords of the North, 2006
* Sword Song, 2007

I red the books nearly "overnigth"...

Re: Favorite Castle Book?

Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:31 am
by Albatross_Viking
Ill read those when ive "eaten" the trilogy i mentioned before :)

A_V

Re: Favorite Castle Book?

Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:18 am
by fenris
then, imho, you'll love them even more.. red them too, they are really good, but the others are even far better...

Re: Favorite Castle Book?

Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2009 7:02 pm
by Gijs25
My favorite book is defenitly LOTR. The detail, the self-made languages and just the way it is written, simply great. On the second place comes Narnia from C.S. Lewis.