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June 2009: What Are You Reading?

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annis
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Post by annis » Wed July 1st, 2009, 8:43 am

Posted by Tanzanite
The Golden Warrior by Hope Muntz (about William the Conqueror and Harold). It was written in 1949 and some of the sentence structure and language is a little odd
"The Golden Warrior" is deliberately written in the style of the medieval saga; can seem a bit alien to the modern reader and take a bit of adapting to.

Currently reading Kate Ellis's 'A Perfect Death", latest in a series of mysteries in which a current murder mystery has links to, and parallels an ancient one. This one has a Cathar connection.

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Ludmilla
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Post by Ludmilla » Wed July 1st, 2009, 10:31 am

[quote=""annis""]"The Golden Warrior" is deliberately written in the style of the medieval saga; can seem a bit alien to the modern reader and take a bit of adapting to.

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I liked The Golden Warrior, but not everyone will appreciate the style.

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The Golden Warrior

Post by chuck » Wed July 1st, 2009, 4:12 pm

[quote=""Ludmilla""]I liked The Golden Warrior, but not everyone will appreciate the style.[/quote]

I'm not sure how many times I stopped and started TGW...Definitely not a wall banger.....I'm glad I stuck with it....Munz's description of The fight at Stamford Bridge was worth the toil.......

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Post by Ludmilla » Wed July 1st, 2009, 4:28 pm

It was definitely not a book I sped through; read it in small doses. I really liked how she depicted Alfgar; the image was consistent with my own mental image of him. I've had a soft spot for Alfgar ever since reading Dunnett's King Hereafter.
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