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VtM - Review: The Ashen Knight
"The Warrior Queens" by Lady Antonia Fraser, which covers a selection of martial women both western
and eastern from the first century Queen of the Iceni, Boudicca, to the modern day.
"An Encyclopedia of Amazons" by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, which details the lives of many midieval
women at arms that might have otherwise fallen through the cracks of history.
"Swords and Hilt Weapons" published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, New York, for those with a passion
for the history of arms and armaments.
The entire "Men At Arms/Historical Battles" series of books, which, despite the apparently negative
connotations that come of association with the SCA/Ren Faire scene, are nevertheless high quality
historical resources for Cainite knights and background for midieval cities.
FICTION:
"The Knight in Panther's Skin" by Shota Rustaveli, translated by Katherine Vivian. Vivian's translation is
the one most commonly available in the United States, usually through Interlibrary Loan, and contains an
excellent look at non-Western chivalry and chivalric practices. Avtandil, Tariel, Nuradin Pridon, Tinatin,
and Nestan-Darejan all deserve a much wider audience than they've received.
"The Black Company," "The White Rose," "The Silver Spike," "Dreams of Steel," "Bleak Seasons," "She
Is The Darkness," and "Water Sleeps" by Glen Cook. The novels of the Black Company are gritty
midieval military fantasy, including sieges, battles, ambushes, and intrigue. Pay particular attention to the
siege of Dejagore in "Bleak Seasons" and the tactical lessons scattered throughout...
MOVIES:
"Dragonheart," which I frankly feel was unfairly lambasted by critics without any sense of wonder or
taste. I think Bowen's "Old Code" of the Knights might make a fairly decent basis for a non-Christian
follower of the Path of Chivlary's code of ethics. Also check out it for the fact that it was filmed on
location in Eastern Europe--the ruin that Bowen and the prince are fighting in front of isn't "Roman" but
the remains of Castle Cjethe, the County seat of our friend Elizebeta Bathory-Nadasdy.
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