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Nice pace, that. Legolas Send a noteboard - 10/06/2011 07:57:03 PM
I may take a break and go back to something German before going on to Book III, but I have to say that the books are light and fun. It's like a historical version of George Martin. They're certainly not serious literature but I have enjoyed reading them so far. I suspect the rest of the books will continue like this (though I hear Book VII is of somewhat dubious quality). I've breezed through the first two in...five days I guess, and that's despite having a lot of work.

I liked book VII, it's just that it's got very little to do with the rest of the series. It's set decades later, none of the main characters of the other six books play a role of any importance, and the whole book is essentially told as a series of conversations in which a bishop tells various friends about the events leading up to the battle of Poitiers in 1356. It's a lot more fun to read than you would think, but as I said, really quite independent of the rest of the series.

Glad you like them, anyway!
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Elisabeth Vonarburg - Dreams of the Sea (Les RĂªves de la Mer) - 06/06/2011 10:26:49 PM 7971 Views
It sounds mildly interesting. - 06/06/2011 11:36:16 PM 1285 Views
Do let me know what you think of him. *NM* - 07/06/2011 06:07:02 PM 708 Views
I finished the first two books already - they're quick reads. - 10/06/2011 03:20:13 PM 1386 Views
Nice pace, that. - 10/06/2011 07:57:03 PM 1365 Views
It does sound interesting - 07/06/2011 07:00:33 AM 1347 Views
Hm. Confusing. - 07/06/2011 06:11:38 PM 1430 Views
A few infos - 07/06/2011 04:54:01 PM 1399 Views
Born and raised in France, according to Wikipedia. - 07/06/2011 06:06:42 PM 1480 Views

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