Favorite Castle Book?
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Re: Favorite Castle Book?
And you should read unfinished tales as well blue moon knight if you like Tolkien.
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Oh yes, just forgot it on the list Thanks gormadoc.
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Hmmmm, perhaps I will. Thanks guys!
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Glad I'm not the only one.Blue Moon Knight wrote:So do I! The Redwall series is my favorite by far.Lewa Rocks wrote:Yay! I love those books!Rick-Ricks wrote:
The Redwall books by Brian Jaques.
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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!Rick-Ricks wrote:Glad I'm not the only one.
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I noticed that several people had mentioned the Inheritance Trilogy/"cycle"( 
(It's going to be a long wait for the fourth one 
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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
. 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 
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That's my thoughts,
(It's going to be a long wait for the fourth one )) 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
. 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 .That's my thoughts,
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I'm not sure I´d refer to dragon wars as realisticmystuffiscool wrote:that medieval realistic dragon war thing
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I don't know.... I have seen a few old dragons out lately.mystuffiscool wrote:
that medieval realistic dragon war thing .
I'm not sure I´d refer to dragon wars as realisticI'm not sure I´d refer to dragon wars as realisticmystuffiscool wrote:that medieval realistic dragon war thing
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I've been reading the Brother Caedfael mysteries lately and am getting inspired by them. I may have to build a Shrewsbury Abbey now....
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Re: Favorite Castle Book?
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!
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!
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Re: Favorite Castle Book?
The Winterking,
The Enemy of God,
Excalibur.
A trilogy about King Arthur (written by Bernard Cornwell) i started reading recently, really good books.
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The Enemy of God,
Excalibur.
A trilogy about King Arthur (written by Bernard Cornwell) i started reading recently, really good books.
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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
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* The Last Kingdom, 2004
* The Pale Horseman, 2005
* The Lords of the North, 2006
* Sword Song, 2007
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Ill read those when ive "eaten" the trilogy i mentioned before
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then, imho, you'll love them even more.. red them too, they are really good, but the others are even far better...
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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.