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The Green Count review
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Another excellent entry, this time focusing on Gold's activities in Frankish-ruled Greece, a really interesting time period with tons of political intrigue as French and Italian feudal lords scheme, funded by Italian bankers with the Roman Emperor in the background as the nominal overlord. It's a...
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The Long Sword review
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The Long Sword is another excellent entry in the Chivalry series. It has the same gritty, visceral writing and colorful cast of character as the first book, and develops William Gold into a more interesting, refined character.
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The Ill-Made Knight review
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I'm familiar with Christian Cameron through his Tom Swan series, and the Chivalry series shares a lot of DNA with it. Lots of battles, politics, marching back and forth, chivalry, arms and armor. It's great stuff, and I haven't found anyone that does truly authentic historical fiction better than...
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Stormrider review
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Stormrider is an excellent conclusion to the Rigante series. If you've read this far, you know what to expect. This is prime Gemmell: fun, heroic characters (and some evil ones too), large-scale battles, and a classic good vs. evil plot with some nuance to it, though you know the good guys are...
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Dragon Ball vol 9 review
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Another fun volume. I really like the enemy variety in Dragon Ball.
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Ravenheart review
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Another excellent entry in the Rigante series, and another point in Gemmell's favor as one of the best modern heroic fantasy authors.
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