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One of my all time favorites.

Revisado: 08-26-22

It's essentially the story of a commoner man at arms' journey to becoming a knight. In reality, it's a story about a good hearted young man who gets put into incredibly shitty circumstances and struggles to make it through. It reads like a history lesson with a compelling narrative, but the author goes on tons of tangents. I love this narrator's take on William Gold, like an old warrior who talks to much, the whole book is him telling his life story I'm a tavern in Calais. They changed narrators for books 3-5, I assume because this guy seems whimsical or something like that, but this is my Will Gold.

Anyway, this is the best medieval historical fiction series out there. Highly recommended.

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Fine

Revisado: 03-07-22

It was good and informative and gave me a glimpse into histories that are impossible to find in accessible histories that aren't inadequate internet searches. I'm very much over English and French history. I've heard of this author before and this is my first book of his. It's dripping with pretension, reading quotes out in whatever foreign language it was in originally. Spoiler alert, turns out they didn't speak modern English at all in Medieval Europe, so prepare to sit through a lot of Latin and prepare to try and re-gather what the hell he was talking about after said Latin is thrown at your ears. Also, in the number 3 Burgundy chapter, thank you Norm, I never would have guessed that having an advanced college degree is better than an internet search. wish I would have thought of that before I bought this book.

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Excellent

Revisado: 02-22-22

On a subject full of nonsense and wishful thinking, the narrator does an excellent job of cutting through it and addresses it in most cases. Highly recommended for people who view history as a science.

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Went looking for trashy historical fiction...

Revisado: 02-01-22

And I got this. It's a very positive and more importantly to me NOT PREACHY view into Christian philosophy, at least thats how I see it. I never realized how universally atheist new books are becoming, and having just a good guy priest, not a former badass(there is one of these, though), not secretly working against the protagonist, or whatever trope that's going around, is ironically refreshing.

I believe somebody was complaining on here about a "misleading title". "They don't even get to Jerusalem til the end!", to which I answer: the book is called "the ROAD TO JERUSALEM and not "WE GOT TO JERUSALEM EARLY" That person sold me a book.

And most importantly ITS NOT ABOUT ENGLAND. I'm an American who knows more about Crecy than Gettysburg because historical fiction writers(and consumers, I imagine) only seem care about English history. Vikings, English Archers, English Knights. That's all we get. Even Christian Cameron had to make his protagonists English, even though theyre barely in England. We might get a France every now and again, but this is an incredibly well written book about medieval SWEDEN. Less England. More anything else.

TLDR, it's not what you're expecting, it's better. If you want big dumb dudes in shiny metal hitting eachother with sticks on horseback, this isn't for you. If you want a thoughtful look modern issues while looking into the past, this will be your jam.

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Read this when you're depressed.

Revisado: 01-03-22

It will not make you feel better. But I've never been more depressed in my life then right now, and it made every single thing in this book hit so much harder, and it made it a beautiful experience for me.

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Teach this in schools

Revisado: 11-29-21

or make a TV show or movie about it so people actually pay attention. The situation they were in rings true, right now, November, 29th, 2021. We always have the numbers. Stick together, stand strong, eat the rich.

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Loved it

Revisado: 08-30-21

I honestly wish this was 3 books. After a certain point, things start to get very abridged and you get nothing of Ptolemys rise to power. I wasn't expecting it, but I'm invested now.

That aside, this book is fascinating. He's the most powerful and luckiest sociopath who ever lived and this painted such a sympathetic picture of Alexander's campaign, not sympathetic towards Alexander, he was a big ol piece of sh*t, but sympathetic toward his men. He's a cult leader with the best army in the world at his behest. I could write all day analyzing this book, and it could be historically inaccurate as all get out(although I doubt that), but it was a hell of a ride and surely didn't feel like 41 hours of book. I'll also add that I'm a massive fan on his Tyrant series, and since this has innumerable tie ins to that and is technically a story within a story, I'm sure I'm admittedly biased, although I'm also sure it's excellent without having read Tyrant.

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Very good late Middle Ages historical fiction.

Revisado: 08-04-21

Great history, great action, not totally unbelievable, It has the right mix of intrigue and battle to make me happy. Christian Cameron has become my favorite author. If you're a fan of his Chivalry series, this is very much a spiritual successor. Or vice versa, because I think Tom Swan predates Chivalry, publication wise.

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This has become my favorite series.

Revisado: 07-22-21

This book(book 5) in the Chivalry series is probably my favorite entry so far. Heavy on the adventure and self discovery, but I'm going to talk about the series as a whole. I'll freely admit, it's not the best series of all time. Not as action packed, not as profound as some other books, but this one resonates with me like no other. Starting at book 1, you have a kid with talent, with little to no guidance in a hostile world and he learns the hard way. Add in plate armor and historical events and you have the basic premise. A very flawed hero with a true north moral compass, he learns hard lessons and always ends up finding ways to cope and persevere. Whether it be throwing himself into his work, having people rely on him or simply being propped up by his friends. There are so many subtle lessons here, told in a compelling way. I can see this series not being for everybody, tons of French names, Turkish names, names English speakers will have a hard time with, but I implore you to plow through. These books have helped me through hard times and if you can get through the tidal wave of information being thrown at you, they're more than worth it.

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McWhorter makes it.

Revisado: 07-06-21

I could listen to John McWhorter do an entireevture series on dirt. Not in a geology sense, just a lecture series describing dirt. All teachers take note, the right amount of sarcasm and legitimate knowledge made 18 hours feel like nothing, AND I learned a ton.

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