Excalibur (The Warlord Chronicles #3)

by Bernard Cornwell

‘Oh, yes. Lust does not vanish with happiness, Lady.

Besides, what merit is there in fidelity if it is never tested?’

Fidelity is a gift we offer to those we love.

resistance in the parries.

History is not just a tale of men’s making, but is a thing tied to the land. We call a hill by the name of a hero who died there, or name a river after a princess who fled beside its banks, and when the old names vanish, the stories go with them and the new names carry no reminder of the past.