As I post this e-mail, I’m listening to Bernard Cornwall’s Argincort on CD. It’s very well done historical fiction. Along with maybe O’Brian’s 18th Century series about the Royal Navy’s fighting hayday ie Master & Commander On the Farside of the World, one movies been made starring Russel Crowe, I don’t know of much better writer’s of authentic historical fiction. Cornwall also wrote the popular Sharpe series seen on the BBC.
Can any of you recommend other good writers of historical military fiction? Enjoy these last few weeks, I don’t think we’ll have many more unfortunately.
They’re not too good, but the most prolific writers of historical military fiction are leftists and Moslems.
Someone else here will have to help you out, I really don’t read fiction anymore.
The quasi-historical fiction I read in high school included “Fortune Made His Sword” (Henry V; I don’t know who wrote it), the sort of serial of novels that included “Eagle of the Ninth” (don’t know who wrote those either), and the Mary Stewart books on the Arthurian legends.
Cornwell is awesome. I read Agincourt, the Arthur series, the Saxon series, Stonehenge, and am currently on the last book of the Grail series. When I am done, I am going to read the latest book of the Saxon series, which came out in January. Then, I am going to check out Robyn Young’s Templar series. I heard it was good.