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Got my son this for Christmas, was a really cool story
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I love the cover illustration!
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The entire book is lovely. The battle is long and the knight practically dies, but falls into some healing water (classical medieval romance knightly battle)
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I'm not sure if you have read La Chanson de Roland, but I read it in my medieval literature course and loved it. It's what really sparked my interest in HEMA
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I have not! does it feature warfare? I'll have to give it a read if it made you interested in HEMA 👀
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blood eagle enjoyer 
scathach@stereophonic.space
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I had to read some of the Chanson de Geste (song of deeds) which are stories about knights doing brave things 
every great night has a steed and blade with a name 😏
every great night has a steed and blade with a name 😏
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And I'm sure you're familiar with Chrétien de Troyes! Author of The Knight of the Cart (Lancelot) although I'm not as big of a fan of Courtly Love romances because it's so annoying. Knights simping after their Lady is a little pathetic 
back in the day a romance was just great emotions, action and battles!
back in the day a romance was just great emotions, action and battles!
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I took some Roman history classes and did a senior project where is studied the Gladius and smithed a blade replica. I'll have to dig up some photos to show you. It was ugly 
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wait you smithed a blade?? I have to see for sure 😮
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I didn't smith it historically accurate, but I used some primary sources to get the dimensions correct and the point of the project was to just *make* something as a representation of my learning instead of writing a million page project. I'll dig things up later, my kids are all waking up now
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