- Paperback: 468 pages
- Publisher: Createspace (9 Feb 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 145284447X
- ISBN-13: 978-1452844473
- Product Dimensions: 22.8 x 15.2 x 4.2 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,382,155 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Montfort, vol. 3
23 Jan 2012
Format:Paperback
The story continues, and gets better as the story goes along. Montford is soldier and statesman, in his fight for equal protection under the law for all he is in peril for his life. Yet at great cost to himself he continues his struggle to make Parliament a reality, to create a more just and equitable society. The story of his accomplishment is spellbinding, an adventure that combines the best of fiction with the true story of a great step forward in the coming of democracy. by Thom Petri
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Another winner
14 April 2011
Format:Paperback
I wish Katherine Ashe had a little more imagination and a little less integrity. That would allow me to hope that Simon de Montfort would live happily ever after.
In "Montfort: The Revolutionary 1253 to 1260 (Volume 3)" -- as she did in her two earlier volumes -- Ashe exhibits the imagination to fill the gaps in the historical record in a way that makes Montfort a compelling hero.
Then she includes historical notes and a bibliography and you know that when, in Volume IV, she gets to 1265, there will be no reprieve. The integrity of the historian will prevail over the imagination of the novelist.
So we will enjoy Simon while we can. And this volume, which takes him from a possible sinecure in France back into the maelstrom that was England under Henry III, gives us much to enjoy. Ashe's Montfort is a man of virtuous intentions if not always virtuous behavior. He covets the king's wife and hates himself for it. His temper continues to be a problem. He takes perhaps too much responsibility for Edward Longshanks -- heir to the throne. Then again, Longshanks might be Montfort's own son.
Montfort was, at heart, a royalist. His sympathies for the less than lordly may have stemmed not so much from the righteousness of their cause as his own experience of disenfranchisement. But he became the chief defender of the Magna Carta and the Provisions and Ordinances that grew from it and gave England the first experience of democracy.
There was no one there to record Montfort's words or document all his encounters. But Ashe gives every conversation the ring of truth and every action has a sound basis in psychology as well as history. The lords' wrangling at the Parliament of Oxford while always completely in character is as believable as a news clip on CNN.
Her battle scenes echo with the screams of horses and the clash of swords and I felt as if I were reading faster and faster as the mayhem progressed. The smells of the sickroom, the torture chamber; the banquet hall and the solar are palpable.
Among Ashe's gifts as a writer is her ability to create suspense even when you've Googled the facts. It bodes well for Volume 4.
In "Montfort: The Revolutionary 1253 to 1260 (Volume 3)" -- as she did in her two earlier volumes -- Ashe exhibits the imagination to fill the gaps in the historical record in a way that makes Montfort a compelling hero.
Then she includes historical notes and a bibliography and you know that when, in Volume IV, she gets to 1265, there will be no reprieve. The integrity of the historian will prevail over the imagination of the novelist.
So we will enjoy Simon while we can. And this volume, which takes him from a possible sinecure in France back into the maelstrom that was England under Henry III, gives us much to enjoy. Ashe's Montfort is a man of virtuous intentions if not always virtuous behavior. He covets the king's wife and hates himself for it. His temper continues to be a problem. He takes perhaps too much responsibility for Edward Longshanks -- heir to the throne. Then again, Longshanks might be Montfort's own son.
Montfort was, at heart, a royalist. His sympathies for the less than lordly may have stemmed not so much from the righteousness of their cause as his own experience of disenfranchisement. But he became the chief defender of the Magna Carta and the Provisions and Ordinances that grew from it and gave England the first experience of democracy.
There was no one there to record Montfort's words or document all his encounters. But Ashe gives every conversation the ring of truth and every action has a sound basis in psychology as well as history. The lords' wrangling at the Parliament of Oxford while always completely in character is as believable as a news clip on CNN.
Her battle scenes echo with the screams of horses and the clash of swords and I felt as if I were reading faster and faster as the mayhem progressed. The smells of the sickroom, the torture chamber; the banquet hall and the solar are palpable.
Among Ashe's gifts as a writer is her ability to create suspense even when you've Googled the facts. It bodes well for Volume 4.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
History with a Twist
15 May 2011
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Katherine Ashe has again created insight into what may have happened in Simon's illustrious but difficult life. Yes her research is expert but her creation of a fantasy around this interesting and simple man brought out his soul. Why did he continue to make choices as he did - he was human and all that implies but then we are given pause when Ms. Ashe introduces us to his desires, wishes and mistakes. All three (3) of the series continue our adventure into the world he created and if you love to be drawn into characters while your enjoying the scenery - read them all. They are delicious, true and false but most importantly excellently written. Too bad there can only be one more for Simon!
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