Thank you for giving this review - I had forgotten the name of the author and series.
Tom Send a noteboard - 13/12/2010 09:29:59 PM
I have wanted to read this series since I heard about it from a friend several years ago, but he didn't remember the author's name and he was reading them in Russian so it DIDN'T HELP much.
FYI, Philip is usually referred to as "Philip the Fair" in English. It leads to some confusion as people aren't clear at first if they mean fair-looking or fair-dealing. When they find out what he did to the Templars they usually realize it has to be the former.
I will read it after I finish some other French books that I've got in my short "to read" list (almost done with Le Rouge et Le Noir - my reading speed in French is increasing dramatically and my next book will likely be La Peste, but don't quote me on that).
FYI, Philip is usually referred to as "Philip the Fair" in English. It leads to some confusion as people aren't clear at first if they mean fair-looking or fair-dealing. When they find out what he did to the Templars they usually realize it has to be the former.
I will read it after I finish some other French books that I've got in my short "to read" list (almost done with Le Rouge et Le Noir - my reading speed in French is increasing dramatically and my next book will likely be La Peste, but don't quote me on that).
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
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- 13/12/2010 08:19:21 PM
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Thank you for giving this review - I had forgotten the name of the author and series.
- 13/12/2010 09:29:59 PM
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You're welcome (and thanks for the correction, edited).
- 13/12/2010 10:23:55 PM
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I know it's not "literary". (EDITED)
- 13/12/2010 10:42:33 PM
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And with regard to your edit, I don't have a problem with passé simples myself.
- 13/12/2010 10:53:59 PM
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But how can one read any French literature at all without encountering the passé simple?
- 15/12/2010 03:39:37 AM
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The point is it is a "literary" tense
- 15/12/2010 10:19:59 AM
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Why would I read a lower style of book (I won't use the term "literature" to describe them) ?
- 16/12/2010 06:11:36 AM
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I don't want to start a fight here, but your attitude is seriously starting to grate.
- 16/12/2010 06:54:30 PM
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I don't care. Start a fight.
- 16/12/2010 08:24:22 PM
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Well, or we can have a civil debate on French culture, I suppose... also fun. 
- 16/12/2010 09:09:20 PM
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- 16/12/2010 09:09:20 PM
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Well, I'm up for that, too.
- 17/12/2010 05:48:39 AM
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Good.
- 17/12/2010 09:01:37 PM
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- 17/12/2010 09:01:37 PM
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Ah - I support the subjunctive!!!
- 18/12/2010 05:10:38 AM
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TANGENT
- 18/12/2010 09:56:31 AM
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This whole conversation is just a pile of tangents, anyway. *NM*
- 18/12/2010 01:30:09 PM
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*NM*
- 18/12/2010 01:30:09 PM
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But you don't think its disappearance corresponds to a decline in American culture?
- 18/12/2010 01:29:43 PM
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- 18/12/2010 01:29:43 PM
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About the passé simple, what Camilla said. As for medieval vocabulary...
- 15/12/2010 07:17:44 PM
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That looks like a really fascinating series.
- 13/12/2010 10:56:52 PM
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Step up your French lessons!!!
- 13/12/2010 11:50:21 PM
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That is a great reason to learn French.
- 14/12/2010 07:29:54 PM
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*NM*
Ooooh
- 14/12/2010 07:41:03 PM
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I'm really not quite sure how you managed that.
- 14/12/2010 08:09:55 PM
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- 14/12/2010 08:09:55 PM
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