Tag Archives: Middle Ages

Book Review: Hill Of Bones

Posted on November 24, 2020 by nathanalbright

Hill Of Bones, by the Medieval Murderers The Medieval Murderers is a collaboration of mystery writers Karen Maitland, Susanna Gregory, Bernard Knight, Philip Gooden, and Ian Morson, and in this particular book the group has decided to tackle the myths … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Crowner Royal

Posted on November 24, 2020 by nathanalbright

Crowner Royal (Crowner John), by Bernard Knight This particular book finds Crowner John being brought from his beloved Exeter, where his estranged wife has threatened to take orders, to serve as the first royal coroner for the English court at … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Plague Of Heretics

Posted on November 24, 2020 by nathanalbright

A Plague Of Heretics (Crowner John), by Bernard Knight Reading this book reminded me of why I liked the Brother Cadfael novels so much more. This particular series appears based in large part on the success of the Brother Cadfael … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Queens Of The Conquest

Posted on November 17, 2020 by nathanalbright

Queens Of The Conquest: England’s Medieval Queens: Book One, by Alison Weir This is the sort of book that is somewhat inevitable in our times, as writers seek to plumb the depths of of source material that they can find … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Silk Roads: A New History Of The World

Posted on September 29, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Silk Roads: A New History Of The World, by Peter Frankopan It is unfortunate that this book has such a transparent agenda to endorse China’s expansive effort to dominate trade and has such a lamentable anti-Western bias with it. … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Byzantium: The Bridge From Antiquity To The Middle Ages

Posted on August 14, 2020 by nathanalbright

Byzantium:  The Bridge From Antiquity To The Middle Ages, by Michael Angold This is a pleasant book, and one that strives to deal with one of the more interesting aspects of the Byzantine legacy and that was the way that … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Hussite Revolution: 1424-1437

Posted on June 15, 2020 by nathanalbright

The Hussite Revolution:  1424-1437, by F.M. Bartosh For English-language readers, the Hussite revolution in Bohemia and Moravia (now the Czech Republic) is an obscure subject that is known to few except those who are passionately interested in late medieval history … Continue reading →

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Learn To Swim People: Insights From The Medieval Death Bot

Posted on March 27, 2020 by nathanalbright

For those who are unaware, the Medieval Death Bot is one of the more entertaining bots on Twitter, giving a random death that has been recorded from the death records of the 14th century.  It is strangely humorous to talk … Continue reading →

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Book Review: King Arthur Pendragon

Posted on March 15, 2020 by nathanalbright

King Arthur Pendragon, by Greg Stafford This game has a lot of rolls in it.  If your idea of a fun role playing game is a dark fantasy version of the Arturian legends with lots of magic and as many … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Saving The Appearances

Posted on March 9, 2020 by nathanalbright

Saving The Appearances:  A Study In Idolatry, by Owen Barfield Having never read anything by the author before, although I have long known about him as a member of the Inklings, I can see how it was that both Tolkien … Continue reading →

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