Authentic & fun books (was: RE: Manches

[Mitchell, Paul T]

I haven't read all of this thread, due to time constraints of my own, but   
has anyone
mentioned Thomas Costain's books _The Conquering Family_, The Magnificent
Century_, _The Three Edwards_, and _The Last Plantagenets_?  I found them
to be imminently readable, and quite authentic, covering th history of   
England
from the mid-12th century (my period) to the end of the 15th century.  I   
recommend
them highly.

 -  Galen of Bristol
pmitchel at flash.net
paul.t.mitchell at lmco.com

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From:  ansteorra at eden.com
Sent:  Monday, June 16, 1997 12:30 AM
To:  Mitchell, Paul T; ansteorra
Subject:  Manchester and TRVTH

About Manchester's _A World Lit Only By Fire_: I refuse to accept the
false dichotomy of "easy read and good atmosphere" versus
"correctness".  On the "hard to read" scale, Barbara Tuchman isn't
Greek, and she has a lot of truth per square inch.  Nor did I find it
too difficult to wade thru general histories (the reign of King X for
various values of X, or books with titles like _The Thirteenth
Century_ or _The Medieval Village_, as examples).  Any other
suggestions?

(To tangent: it's like the false dichotomy of "fun" versus
"authenticity".  Why not have the best of both worlds and find ways to
be authentically fun?)

 --
Daniel de Lincoln
Tim McDaniel; Reply-To: tmcd at crl.com
tmcd at tmcd.austin.tx.us is wrong tool.  Never use this.

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