Other good pseudo-historical novels that address the issue of fleas and lice are Gordon Dickson's Dragon Knight series and the second and third book of a trilogy by Wrede and Stevemer. Okay, that sounded like I thought you only liked Catherine, Called Birdy for the fleas. But the Dragon Knight series was my eight grade lesson on "there's more to medieval times than quaffing ale and swordfights."
The Chocolate War and I am the Cheese were two YA 'classics' that appeared on most recommended reading lists when I was in high school. I never read them. I guess I'm not missing much?
On a related note, I've heard that Twilight is reasonably popular amongst Mormon teenage girls.
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Date: 2008-05-03 11:27 pm (UTC)Other good pseudo-historical novels that address the issue of fleas and lice are Gordon Dickson's Dragon Knight series and the second and third book of a trilogy by Wrede and Stevemer.Okay, that sounded like I thought you only liked Catherine, Called Birdy for the fleas. But the Dragon Knight series was my eight grade lesson on "there's more to medieval times than quaffing ale and swordfights."The Chocolate War and I am the Cheese were two YA 'classics' that appeared on most recommended reading lists when I was in high school. I never read them. I guess I'm not missing much?
On a related note, I've heard that Twilight is reasonably popular amongst Mormon teenage girls.