Re: Recommendation wanted: dark ages

Mike Mooney [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
>I'm hoping someone here can give me a recommendation for a good "Britain in
>the dark ages" writer - even if it's only one book. I know about Alfred
>Duggan, Henry Treece, Melvyn Bragg, Julian Rathbone and Bernard Cornwell,
>but none of them quite do it for me for one reason or another.
>
>What I want is something of "literary fiction" quality that really evokes a
>sense of time and place, i.e. good descriptions of landscape, etc. rather
>than just lots of swordplay and sex.
>
>Any suggestions?

Dunno.  The only one you mention that I know is Alfred Duggan.  If
he doesn't do it for you, I don't know what your're looking for.
"Swordplay and sex", indeed!

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