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Continues the excellent story of the beginning of the Authurian ledgend. Rome is fading and Britian emerging as Excalibur is forged.
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Second book about the times when Rome left Britain and about when the legend of Arthur was starting to take form.
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This is a great series! This book keeps things moving and very interesting. Whyte paints a wonderful picture for the story of how the family of Arthur evolves.
Jud H. (trekie70) -
Excellent continuation of the Camulod Chronicles.
All of the books in this series by Jack Whyte are excellent. He spins the Camaloud myth through historical fiction. Very well done.
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An extremely entertaining book, and one I didn't want to put down, but wanted to read all at once!
Great book, second in the series of Arthurian legend. The first is the Skystone. Takes the reader back to the fall of the Roman empire in Britain. A lot of really interesting detail about Roman colonial life, particularly that of the retired soldier. Also a lot of good information about Roman Britain. Very interesting characterization, and a good plot. Plus, I love the Arthur legend, and this is a novel lead-in to the same.
I'm continuing to read these by the recommendation of a friend. Whyte's historical details continue to fascinate - however, he ignores not only women as full characters in these mostly military histories, he also ignores the realities of women's work. He writes at length about blacksmithing, which I love and found fascinating, yet he ignores the realities of clothing production that absorbed a full 60% of all men and women's work in that period. Thus his historical details, and the crappy women-for-sex-only characters, make these books too inaccurate indeed.
5th century Britain, the great grandfathers of King Arthur set his saga in motion. Great period detail.
Edward C. S. (ed) -
This is part of a great Arturian series. His approach is different and thought provoking. I'm keeping the series but this is a spare I picked up. read "The Skystone" First.
