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A review by pogodragon
The Blood of The Fifth Knight by E.M. Powell
5.0
This is the third book by this author I've read in relatively quick succession. Two in this series and one in a series that follows on from it (I started with the 'later' book, but never mind that)
I am loving them. The world that the characters inhabit, the way that they're drawn, the obvious learning behind the books are all great. I rarely read historical novels because any minor anachronism that I notice tends to kick me out of the book too hard to re-capture it.
I don't know if it's that I don't know this period of history very well, or that the books are so well written that I don't mind the fudges, or most likely a combination of both, but E.M. Powell just drags me into the world and carries me along with the story until letting go at the end. I've also found myself reading actual history of the period (I have studied medieval history before, but not this area of it), as well as other related material.
I am loving them. The world that the characters inhabit, the way that they're drawn, the obvious learning behind the books are all great. I rarely read historical novels because any minor anachronism that I notice tends to kick me out of the book too hard to re-capture it.
I don't know if it's that I don't know this period of history very well, or that the books are so well written that I don't mind the fudges, or most likely a combination of both, but E.M. Powell just drags me into the world and carries me along with the story until letting go at the end. I've also found myself reading actual history of the period (I have studied medieval history before, but not this area of it), as well as other related material.