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I'm reading two books at the moment as research for a new three-part work of fiction I'm writing. The first is a History Today volume called The Age of Chivalry, edited by Nigel Saul. I've been meaning to study the medieval knights and their codes of behaviour ever since seeing the tomb of the Black Prince in Canterbury Cathedral as a student at Kent University and 30 years on have finally got around to it. The subject is fascinating.
equally fascinating is Robert K Massie's book, Dreadnought, about the castles of steel built by the British and German navies in the arms race that preceded the Great War. Massie is not only a superb historian but a writer who makes research a real pleasure rather than a necessary obligation. A fleet of these vessels at sea must have been an awesome sight to witness. I'm only including one of them in my story, and that one has undergone a few sinister changes since its fitting out and sea trials.
equally fascinating is Robert K Massie's book, Dreadnought, about the castles of steel built by the British and German navies in the arms race that preceded the Great War. Massie is not only a superb historian but a writer who makes research a real pleasure rather than a necessary obligation. A fleet of these vessels at sea must have been an awesome sight to witness. I'm only including one of them in my story, and that one has undergone a few sinister changes since its fitting out and sea trials.
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