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Topic: fantasy castle books
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bnelle
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posted 07-24-2000 04:13 PM
  
I'm interested in hearing about members favorite fantasy or fiction books that include castles. I'm a huge fantasy buff, and I love reading novels that take place in the dark ages, especially Arthurian fantasy. I'm a fan of Mary Stewart's work, and I'm rereading her Arthurian Saga right now. I read it in jr. high, and I can't believe how much richer these novels have become, now that I'm older.... Unlike some fantasy I read in grade school and jr high, that I loved then but disappoints me now when I re read them.So, any one have some favorite fantasy work pertaining to castles that we could discuss? |
wurdsmiff
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posted 07-25-2000 04:50 AM
Try some Nigel Tranter. Not so much fantasy, as novels written around historical fact, with a little poetic license. I'd recommend the Bruce Trilogy, or The Master of Gray Trilogy, though for a real taste of what he's about and a shorter introduction to him try The Wallace, a more likely version of the Braveheart story.------------------
'Give me the groves that lofty brave,
The storms, by Castle Gordon'.
Visit my web-site at
www.castlesontheweb.com/members/wurdsmiff/castles.htm Gordon.
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Levan
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posted 07-25-2000 08:19 AM
It might be a little cheeky to suggest the following book as mediaeval fantasy as it was actually written in the twelfth century:'Roman de Furgus' by Guillaume le Clerc It's a romance written probably in honour of the wedding of Roland of Galloway and Elena de Morville (1170). The ficticious tale of knightly derring-do paints a picture of Scottish mediaeval life set around Liddel Castle in Roxburghshire. At the time, Liddel Castle was actually held by Ranulf du Soules whose nephew (his successor) was murdered at the castle in 1207 by his servants, 'because of his great wickedness'. Amongst others, Roxburgh Castle also gets a mention. In the story, Fergus here overpowers a wicked giant and is treated to a bath by the giant's maidens in the castle's splendid hall bedecked 'with more than 1000 shields, hauberks, helmets, and all the gear for arming a knight'. In case you were concerned about tackling such ancient language, the book has been translated: 'Fergus of Galloway: Knight of King Arthur' by DDR Owen, Everyman's Library 1991. Levan
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