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nerdgirllin 's review for:
The Winter King
by Bernard Cornwell
Rating 3.7. I enjoyed this book, I am a fan of Arthurian tales and thus decided to try this book out. It isn't your typical Arthurian tale, there are no knights of the round table, Merlin isn't a great wizard, and the story is told from the prospective of Derfel (a dude I've never heard of before in relation to Arthurian tales prior to this book). You will recognize some of your favorite characters but maybe not in the roles you may be accustomed to. Despite this, I found myself very much entertained while reading this. I love that Cornwell used a semi accurate 5th/6th century Britian as the setting for his novel, incorporating issues that folks actually faced back then. This tale isn't fantastical at all, it's historical in some aspects and that makes it just absolutely wonderful.