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Title: Behold the Marshal by R W Hamilton (Author)
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2014-01-17, 23:50:54
http://www.amazon.com/Behold-Marshal-R-W-Hamilton/dp/1492202185/ref=tmm_pap_title_0 (http://www.amazon.com/Behold-Marshal-R-W-Hamilton/dp/1492202185/ref=tmm_pap_title_0)

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(Revised edition)Most historians call him England's greatest knight. He served four Plantagenet kings and saved the Magna Carta. He started life as a pennyless knight errant and rose to become the virtual King of England; and the most honored man in all of Europe. His life reads like a Hollywood script almost too good to be true, but it was true. His accomplishments have been largely forgotten and he has been denied the high place in history he truly deserves. A man of incredible honor and accomplishments, William the Marshal should receive his due as we approach the 800th anniversary of one of the foundation blocks of democracy. Come now and "Behold the Marshal!"

Product Details

    Paperback: 388 pages
    Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 2 edition (August 30, 2013)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 1492202185
    ISBN-13: 978-1492202189
    Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
Title: Re: Behold the Marshal by R W Hamilton (Author)
Post by: Aiden of Oreland on 2014-01-21, 00:35:17
Sounds awesome! Have you read it?
Title: Re: Behold the Marshal by R W Hamilton (Author)
Post by: Sir Martyn on 2014-01-23, 19:06:05
Sounds like required reading for this group :)  Nice find, Sir Wolf.
Title: Re: Behold the Marshal by R W Hamilton (Author)
Post by: Sir Rodney on 2014-01-24, 03:35:18
Added to my wish list!
Title: Re: Behold the Marshal by R W Hamilton (Author)
Post by: Don Jorge on 2014-01-24, 14:02:20
Quote from: Lord Rodney on 2014-01-24, 03:35:18
Added to my wish list!

Ditto! And they have a kindle verzion...convenient as I am trying to buy some 14th century books first :)
Title: Re: Behold the Marshal by R W Hamilton (Author)
Post by: Sir Patrick on 2014-01-24, 19:19:36
Picked it up for a buck today on kindle. Not very fired up about it so far. Not very historically accurate and the prose is a bit stilted. Had to stop reading after Marshal pulls apart some hauberk rings with his bare hands and then uses them to staple a wound closed. Check out The Greatest Knight and it's sequel The Scarlet Lion by Elizabeth Chadwick for a more accurate rendition if the tale.
Title: Re: Behold the Marshal by R W Hamilton (Author)
Post by: Sir James A on 2014-01-25, 00:05:42
Quote from: Sir Patrick on 2014-01-24, 19:19:36
Marshal pulls apart some hauberk rings with his bare hands and then uses them to staple a wound closed

He's just THAT hardcore! :D
Title: Re: Behold the Marshal by R W Hamilton (Author)
Post by: Sir Patrick on 2014-01-25, 00:24:12
Did I mention he pulled said rings out if a wound in his own body before prizing them apart? ::)
Title: Re: Behold the Marshal by R W Hamilton (Author)
Post by: Sir Wolf on 2014-01-25, 02:11:14
wha? aw man that stinks. sorry guys
Title: Re: Behold the Marshal by R W Hamilton (Author)
Post by: Sir James A on 2014-01-25, 18:26:40
Quote from: Sir Patrick on 2014-01-25, 00:24:12
Did I mention he pulled said rings out if a wound in his own body before prizing them apart? ::)

Ah, that changes things. From "hardcore" to "hardcore +5", or something like that. ;)
Title: Re: Behold the Marshal by R W Hamilton (Author)
Post by: Sir Edward on 2014-01-25, 22:54:43
Quote from: James Anderson III on 2014-01-25, 18:26:40
Quote from: Sir Patrick on 2014-01-25, 00:24:12
Did I mention he pulled said rings out if a wound in his own body before prizing them apart? ::)

Ah, that changes things. From "hardcore" to "hardcore +5", or something like that. ;)

What would that be if it's +5 mail of protection? "+5 hardcore +5"?
Title: Re: Behold the Marshal by R W Hamilton (Author)
Post by: Sir James A on 2014-01-27, 21:18:43
Quote from: Sir Edward on 2014-01-25, 22:54:43
Quote from: James Anderson III on 2014-01-25, 18:26:40
Quote from: Sir Patrick on 2014-01-25, 00:24:12
Did I mention he pulled said rings out if a wound in his own body before prizing them apart? ::)

Ah, that changes things. From "hardcore" to "hardcore +5", or something like that. ;)

What would that be if it's +5 mail of protection? "+5 hardcore +5"?

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Title: Re: Behold the Marshal by R W Hamilton (Author)
Post by: Valiant64 on 2014-01-31, 00:42:00
Im still in the process of reading it but Im loving it so far. William the Marshal is my newest obsession
Title: Re: Behold the Marshal by R W Hamilton (Author)
Post by: Sir Humphrey on 2014-01-31, 04:58:32
Thanks!  I just downloaded it for my IPad for 99 cents!  Marshall was my 25th GGrandfather.
Title: Re: Behold the Marshal by R W Hamilton (Author)
Post by: Timothy on 2014-07-12, 04:43:27
Good Morning,

I read the kindle version and I liked the book very much.

Timothy
Title: Re: Behold the Marshal by R W Hamilton (Author)
Post by: Sir William on 2014-07-15, 17:15:54
Getting it for the Kindle; thanks for sharing man!