(1944- )
At The Edge of the Universe, we review mainstream authors that incorporate elements of SFF into their fiction. However you want to label them, we hope you’ll enjoy discussing these books with us.
Often there is a fine line between historical fiction and fantasy. In the case of Agincourt by Bernard Cornwell, the line is especially blurry. Of course, there is no magic or elves or dragons. That’s not to say that things are completely mundane, but there is that very important distinction.
Agincourt is set in the time of Henry V and Bernard Cornwell paints a vividly bleak picture of the conditions that people lived in back then; It's dirty, people are often sick, and the difference between the haves and have-nots is profound. It’s not a good time to be a woman and the atrocities that are committed are absolutely horrific, but true to life. Some of... Read More
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