Hooked on history
I’ve always enjoyed reading historical fiction. It’s an entertaining way to step back in time and to experience events as an observer or imagined participant.
Just recently I’ve discovered the works of Bernard Cornwell, who is both talented and prolific.
I’ve read several of the Sharpe books, all of the grail series and now the first two of the Saxon adventures.
Cornwell creates characters who are actively involved in great events, but they’re unsung heroes because they are not part of the ruling elite.
Sharpe, for example, starts in the army as a private and wins promotion through valour.
Thomas Hookton is the bastard son of a mad noble priest. Uhtred in the Saxon series is highly born, but displaced from his lands.
Cornwell writes well and it’s nearly impossible to put these books down before they’re finished. I just have to be patient now and wait for the paperback version of Lords of the North to be released.
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A Paul Doherty writes from a historic context as well, including medievil (sp?) ancient rome and egypt.
For me some are better than others, depending on the characters. If I don’t like one I just go to the next, though my local library’s running out.
How.