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Jack Whyte

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in Johnstone, Renfrewshire,Scotland, The United Kingdom

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Jack Whyte is an author and writer born and raised in Scotland, but has been living in western Canada since 1967, and in Kelowna, British Columbia, since 1996.

Whyte's major work to date is the A Dream of Eagles series (as it is titled in Canada, but known as The Camulod Chronicles in the United States and elsewhere). This series of historical novels presents the tale of King Arthur set against the backdrop of Roman Britain. This retelling of the popular legend eschews the use of magic (as in T. H. White’s The Sword in the Stone) to explain Arthur’s ascent to power and instead relies on the historical condition (with some artistic license) of post-Roman Britain to support the theory that Arthur was meant to counter the anarchy left by the Ro ...more

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I have read the entirety of the 9 Book Camulod Chronicles, and just starting to dive into "The Burning Stone." I have enjoyed the entire series, and was very surprised to see the prequel arrive on store shelves. Are there any plans to continue the Chronicles with more prequels or alternative perspectives through the Western Roman Empire?

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I'd love to tell you the answer is Yes, and to advise you to stay tuned, but the reality is that my priorities are being dictated nowadays by…moreHi, Cody:

I'd love to tell you the answer is Yes, and to advise you to stay tuned, but the reality is that my priorities are being dictated nowadays by mortality and the lack of it... My age has caught up to me, and is now vanishing ahead of me in the distance. I do have a novella in hand, though and almost ready to publish, and you might enjoy it. It began its life as a character study of Tiberias Cato, the Horsemaster from Bishop Germanus's school who taught Clothar the Frank how to ride and fight the way he did. The character got into my mind and intruded so far into the original novel that my editor decided I should take it out completely and handle it separately. I've done that, and now it's a short novel about the boyhood of the man who taught Lancelot how to ride and fight. I'll be publishing it as an ebook some time next year, under the title: "The Horse Warrior" and I'll be writing more about it on Twitter as time goes along. You'll find me on Twitter @authorjackwhyte, so drop by and check out what (and how) I'm doing. (less)

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Dear Mr. Whyte....I have a question about reading your Camulod Chronicles i their proper order. I am currently reading The Eagles Brood....at the end of this book you indicate that The Sorcerer is the sequel....however elsewhere I am reading that The Saxon Shore is the followup to the Eagles Brood? Can you clarify for me? Thank you and regards from a fellow Calgarian.

Jack Whyte Hi, Shane: You've discovered one of the vagaries of talking a lot about the books I've written over a few decades... The Saxon Shore IS next in the se…moreHi, Shane: You've discovered one of the vagaries of talking a lot about the books I've written over a few decades... The Saxon Shore IS next in the sequence of novels comprising the nine-novel cycle. I have no idea how that particular red herring came into existence--I guess I slipped up somewhere along the line and missed the omission. The two volumes of "The Sorcerer"--"The Fort at River's Bend" and "Metamorphosis"--follow after "The Saxon Shore", and they are followed in turn by "Clother the Frank" and "The Eagle". "Uther" is, of course, a stand-alone--the only novel in the cycle not narrated in the First Person, because Uther was dead by the time his story was ready to be told. It fits most naturally right after "The Eagles' Brood".

Glad you've been enjoying the stories. Jack Whyte.(less)

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Average rating: 4.15 · 52,967 ratings · 2,160 reviews · 55 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Skystone (Camulod Chronicles, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 9,257 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Singing Sword (Camulod Chronicles, #2) 4.27 avg rating — 6,440 ratings — published 1994 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eagles' Brood (Camulod Chronicles, #3) 4.26 avg rating — 5,094 ratings — published 1994 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Saxon Shore (Camulod Chronicles, #4) 4.22 avg rating — 4,582 ratings — published 1995 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fort at River's Bend (Camulod Chronicles, #5) 4.21 avg rating — 4,243 ratings — published 1997 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sorcerer: Metamorphosis (Camulod Chronicles, #6) 4.25 avg rating — 3,756 ratings — published 1997 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Knights of the Black and White (Templar Trilogy, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 4,348 ratings — published 2006 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Uther (Camulod Chronicles, #7) 4.15 avg rating — 3,634 ratings — published 2000 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Eagle (Camulod Chronicles, #9) 4.24 avg rating — 2,693 ratings — published 2004 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lance Thrower (Camulod Chronicles, #8) 4.15 avg rating — 2,682 ratings — published 2003 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jack Whyte answered Cody Defoe's question: I have read the entirety of the 9 Book Camulod Chronicles, and just starting to dive into "The Burning Stone." I have enjoyed the entire series, and was very surprised to see the prequel arrive on store shelves. Are there any plans to continue the Chronicles with more prequels or alternative perspectives through the Western Roman Empire? Hi, Cody: I'd love to tell you the answer is Yes, and to advise you to stay tuned, but the reality is that my priorities are being dictated nowadays by mortality and the lack of it... My age has caught up to me, and is now vanishing ahead of me in the See Full Answer
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Jack Whyte answered Shane Hill's question: Dear Mr. Whyte....I have a question about reading your Camulod Chronicles i their proper order. I am currently reading The Eagles Brood....at the end of this book you indicate that The Sorcerer is the sequel....however elsewhere I am reading that The Saxon Shore is the followup to the Eagles Brood? Can you clarify for me? Thank you and regards from a fellow Calgarian. Hi, Shane: You've discovered one of the vagaries of talking a lot about the books I've written over a few decades... The Saxon Shore IS next in the sequence of novels comprising the nine-novel cycle. I have no idea how that particular red herring cam See Full Answer
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“She knew exactly how he was feeling, because experience had taught her that the kind of excitement she was feeling at that moment was never, ever one-sided. On the contrary, she knew that it was born of acute and mutual anticipation, and she knew, too, that it would not be denied.”
― Jack Whyte, Uther

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“Their sudden intimacy was like the explosive combustion that engulfs and consumes a moth that has fluttered too close to a candle flame; a completely unexpected turn of events that took both of them unawares and swept them irresistibly up and out of themselves as it hurled them into each other’s arms.”
― Jack Whyte, Uther

tags: attraction, love, passion

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“I suspect that much of life is like that. We seldom see what is closest to our eyes.”
― Jack Whyte, Uther

tags: ignorance

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Neuromancer by William Gibson

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The Queen's Viper by Lesley Donaldson

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Solarversia by Toby Downton

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The Skystone by Jack Whyte

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