Clothar the Frank...

[fajrdrako]

I went to a reading this evening of the novel "Clothar the Frank" by the author, Jack Whyte.

I loved it.

He read from a chapter in which Clothar, at the age of ten, is told the 'truth' about his parentage - a situation that always reminds me of Dorothy Dunnett and her obscurely-fathered heroes. His approach to the Athurian legend is to take the myth and rationalize it without magic and with a strong foundation in actual history. I like the idea.

Now I want to rush out and get - and read - all his books. Of course it helped that he reads very well, and spoke interestingly about his research and his motives. A clever and articulate man with a pleasant Scottish accent.

I want to grow up to be just like him.