Knight or Knave (Cycle of Oak, Yew, Ash, and Rowan, Book 2)

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Times are changing in Rendelsham. The old King is dead, and the foolish Prince Florian has assumed the throne. Florian's mother, Queen Ysa of the House of Oak, still controls the land from behind the scences, but her job grows more difficult every day. Her unworthy, headstrong son is harder to control than her husband was, and she must spend more time than ever masking her own movements. Her husband's illegitimate daughter Ashen, heir to the nearly dead House of Ash, still causes trouble by her very existence, and must never be given an opening to the throne. The barbarian Sea-Rover clan presents problems from the edge of the Bog, Ysa's newest magical ally has been exposed as a traitor, and nothing is going as Ysa had planned.And still the unknown yet encroaching threat from the North continues to grow.Through births and deaths, marriages and duels, love and betrayal, magic and force, the four Houses of Rendelsham can only survive by the strength of their unity--but is unity possible in such a court of intrigue as this one?

Customer Reviews:

childish writing, boring plot.......2005-08-17

This is a very poorly edited book, it was written by two people, and the separate chapters are very poorly integrated.

Have you ever played the continuing story game? Each person writes some part of the story and then passes it on to the next person. That's exactly what this book is like. In one chapter you'll real some great prose and exiting plot, only to be struck by how childish everyone suddenly acts in the next chapter.

It gets even more confusing when the same character is written by both of the authors - the characters act different in the hands of each author! The queen is the worst in this regard - one author has her as this evil manipulator, the other has her as a reluctant queen of a decaying realm. Another example is the Sea-Rovers, in the first book they are noble people who are going to save the realm by example, in this book they are dismissed as savages, and killed off and completely forgotten by the end of the book! (Did the two authors have a disagreement?)

It also suffers plotwise for the same reason - since each author basically wrote their own story the book never quite gets it together. Nothing much happens by the end of the book to move the story along from the first book. Basically some time passed, with descriptions of what everyone did - none of which really matters in the long run. This book doesn't even appear to have had an outline prepared of upcoming events so that the authors could add some foreshadowing, and coordinate events!

I have no way of knowing, but I assume Andre Norton wrote the better parts and Sasha Miller wrote the childish prose. I wish Andre had just written the whole thing, and given us a great story - the background certainly had potential. Or if the background was created by Sasha (as is common in these types of collaborations), then at least Andre should have gone over the book later and reedited it to integrate it. And make an outline of future event that both authors can agree on! It seemed like exactly the opposite happened - Andre just sent in some material, and had Sasha do all the work of integrating it, which was a mistake.

The Enemy Prepares.......2003-02-01

Knight or Knave is the second novel in the Cycle of Oak, Yew, Ash, and Rowan series. In the previous volume, Ysa's magic has brought Zazar, Ashen, and herself together for introductions. The Sea-Rovers have settled New Vold in Ashenhold lands. Ashen Deathdaughter and Obern have been brought to Cragden Keep by Count Harous, who gives Ashen gifts and hints of her mother. The Bog-folk have begun to attack Rendelian lands. King Boroth has died, after claiming Ashen as his daughter.

In this volume, Florian has become the King, succeeding his father, and, under pressure of his mother and various nobles of the court, has married Rannore, whom he has made pregnant. Ashen meets Queen Ysa and moves into Rendelsham Castle. Ysa sends a messenger to New Vold to inform Snorri know of her son's wedding, to let him that his son, Obern, is alive, and to invite him to visit her at a later date. In the unseasonable cold, the Bog-folk have taken to attacking New Vold for food.

Ashen has met a priest in the Great Fane of the Glowing, who informed Obern and herself of the history of Rendel. Meeting again in the fane, the priest, Esander, shows her a great library hidden deep under Rendelsham which contains many volumes of magical lore. As directed by Zazar, she does not yet attempt any of the magics, although she studies the lore diligently.

Snorri arrives in time for Florian's wedding and, after the ceremony, he tells Obern of the death of his wife, Naeve. Upon discovering that Ashen has been abducted, Obern mounts a rescue effort and then asks for her hand in marriage; his request is granted. After the wedding, Ashen meets the new emissary of the Nordens, Gaurin, son of Count Bjauden, who tells her that his father has never returned from his mission to Rendel and that she wears his father's bracelet, which she had found on a skeleton in some ruins within the boglands. He takes the bracelet, breathes on it -- which causes it to glow briefly -- and returns it, telling her to put it on and think of him if she is ever in need on anything. Obern and Ashen travel to New Vold, where she meets his son, Rohan.

In the northlands, ominous forces are gathering. The Foul One is preparing for the invasion of Rendel.

Some reviewers seem disappointed that this series is not like the Witch World or Time Traders series. Yet those series were intended as juveniles for the most part, whereas this series is for more mature readers. Those series were mostly focused on singleton or paired characters, whereas this series deals with a larger cast of interacting protagonists. Hints of this series can be seen in the tales of Escore, High Hallek, and the Dales, and especially in the Gryphon stories. Indeed, Shadow Hawk, one of Norton's earliest stories, is a tale of courtly intrigue.

Recommended for Norton and Miller fans and anyone who enjoys court intrigue in a fantasy setting.

Great book.......2002-07-11

Make sure read the first book first or you will be lost.
Pay attention or you will be lost.
If you do all of the above this book will be the best, most enjoyable book you've ever read!

Did Andre Norton really write this crap?.......2002-01-11

I don't think so. Andre Norton's Witch World books got me hooked on the genre so many years ago. It's hard to believe that she has lent her name to this poorly written book.

The premise was promising, and I had high hopes after the first book that the characters would take on a life of their own, and pull me into their world. Sadly, that didn't happen. Norton and Miller can't seem to decide who their protaganist is, or even who major characters in the story are. Are we supposed to like or dislike the queen? We know Ashen is important, but why should we care about her? She is supremely uninteresting. Much time is spent explaining why characters do the things they do (a hallmark of poor writing) because no development has taken place that would allow the reader to infer motivations, or even personalities.

It's a shame. In the write hands, I do believe this could have been an interesting story, with characters who live and breathe, and make you care about what will happen to them next.

Disjoint plot and unlikeable characters.......2001-06-20

KNIGHT OR KNAVE can't decide what it is about or who its protagonist should be. Is it Queen Ysa, who is terribly evil yet trying to do the right thing for her country? Or maybe it's Ashen, who can't decide who she wants to be married to and then changes into an absolute witch (with a 'b') when confronted with her step-son's choice of a woman. Or maybe it is Rohan, the title character who is clearly a knight, at least as far as this book is concerned. In what possible way could he be classified as a knave.

Evil continues to threaten in the north, but it doesn't really make an appearance until the end of the book. Ysa continues to drive any plot development but she is a relatively minor player in this novel and, as a result, the plot doesn't develop very much at all. Instead the characters run around, kill one another, and don't seem to learn a great deal from their mistakes.

I grew up with Andre Norton. TIME TRADERS and especially WITCH WORLD and THREE AGAINST WITCH WORLD are among my favorite novels. I'd love to see Norton return to her earlier form. Unfortunately, this isn't the book that does it. Since it's the second book in a 4 part series, I have my doubts on whether the series can be saved.

Check out the quotes on the back of the book. If you've ever read such lame praise anywhere else, I'd be surprised.

The novel is well written and I found the universe Norton and Miller have created to be intriguing and full of potential. Unfortunately, they have yet to deliver.

Knights and Knaves of Autumn: 40 Years of Pro Football and the Minnesota Vikings
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Glory Ends Sooner Rather then Later

A LOOK AT SOME INTERESTING VIKINGS

A nice, concise overview

From start to finish nothing but pure viking pride
Knights and Knaves of Autumn: 40 Years of Pro Football and the Minnesota Vikings
Jim Klobuchar
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Customer Reviews:

Glory Ends Sooner Rather then Later.......2005-04-20

A great read on the adventures of the Minnesota Vikings. I would recommend it for anyone who is interested in the Vikings both a passing fancy and a hardcore dedication. The writing is more then passable and pleasing to read as it moseys along with the trials and tribulations of the Minnesota Vikings. What can I say but one day it will come that vindication for being a Viking fan will come and disprove the legend that the Vikings will never win a Super Bowl.

A LOOK AT SOME INTERESTING VIKINGS.......2004-09-04

THIS IS NICE READ ABOUT SOME OF THE MORE INTERESTING AND CONTROVERSIAL VIKINGS. IT COVERS NORM VAN BROCKLIN, CHRIS CARTER, BUD GRANT, FRAN TARKENTON, RANDY MOSS AND MANY OTHERS. A LOOK AT SOME OF THE GREATS OF TODAY AND THE PAST. TO ME IT DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH. TOO SHORT AND NOT DETAILED. BUT STILL A NICE READ FOR VIKING FANS WHO STILL WONDER WHEN WILL THEY WIN A SUPERBOWL. NOT TOO SOON.

A nice, concise overview.......2001-07-14

It's hard to top Jim Klobuchar as a sports writer, and he does it again with "Knights and Knaves..." Covering the highlights and the personalities that have driven the Minnesota Vikings since their inception all the way to the dismal 2000 playoff game against the Rams, Klobuchar paints an inspiring potrait even amidst the many heartbreaking Vikings defeats. His frank and candid appraisals of such Purple legends as Tarkenton, Moss, Bud Grant, Dennis Green and Cris Carter will humanizie these gridiron deities, and supply the fan with information not found elsewhere. Aside from a few typos, and some inaccurate dates, I found "Knights and Knaves" very enjoyable and enlightening. A must read for any true Vikes fan like myself.

From start to finish nothing but pure viking pride.......2001-06-28

I am one of the most commited vikings fans and well Mr. Klobuchar you did it. You have enclosed all of our purple and gold ambition. This book is for any one who has given up a Monday night to watch their team play.

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Super Reader
Original mood and lead characters undermined by voyeurism
I just wish this wasn't the end of the series
The Good...and the Bad
In which the heroes' adventures come to a fitting end.

The Knight and Knave of Swords
Fritz Leiber
Manufacturer: William Morrow & Co
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Binding: Hardcover

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Super Reader.......2007-08-04

For a Lankhmar book, The Knight and Knave of Swords is quite a weighty tome. Fahrd begins by learning to get along without a left hand, a problem yet again caused by those annoying god types. Hanging around leisurely should be peaceful, shouldn't it? Not when they have two women around, and others that would like a little payback coming. This is the weakest of the series.

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Knight and Knave of Swords : 04 The Mouser Goes Below - Fritz Leiber

Arrows magical and mundane, with a nasty fish woman on the end of one.

3 out of 5

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Original mood and lead characters undermined by voyeurism.......2003-12-04

I've read this book years ago, at the end of the rest - so obviously I didn't mind the series. But I'm wondering if Book 7 was a particularly low point!

Sure, Lieber has created a distinctive world, with some distinctive characters. The mythology underpinning it (of mercurial and at times petty gods) is refreshingly original, and now and then our heroes find themselves caught up in some dreamlike event utterly beyond their control. He creates his own mood.

But, blimey, the prurience. Like, really seedy, man. Sure, I could handle the comic 007/Capt. Kirk style antics of swooning bikini clad babes turning up at the most unlikely (and frequent) intervals - as long as they merely work as props/scenery, taking up, say, as much space as the next tavern or horse, and don't distract from the strengths of the book, such as characters, nice genre ideas, and novel plotting. But perhaps Lieber was still caught up with that 70s, Hugh Hefner is cool - everyone else is repressed nonsense. It's not quite 'The erotic adventures of Fafard and the Grey Mouser', but at times he devotes several pages to gratuitous soft porn about bondage and orgies.

Were the earlier books quite as bad as this? I don't think so: I read The Swords of Lankhmar a year or so ago and don't remember such extended voyeurism (nor, however, do I remember much in the way of plot). Maybe I excused it before on the basis of the immediately read earlier books, but now I'm quite happy to get rid of the book, even if it jeopardises my chances of having a full set. Like Julian May's Golden Torc series, better to leave some holes.

Oh, and I noticed the cover has a ringing endorsement from Michael Moorcock - a very good anti-endorsement in my book. Moorcock was only good when I was 13, and metamorphosed into similarly prurient dross upon re-reading post-puberty.

I just wish this wasn't the end of the series.......2002-10-02

It's been a long time since I read the first 6 volumes in the Fafhrd and Gray Mouser series (about 20 years), and I still can picture the two clearly. The Mouser in particular has always been one of my favorite fictional characters.

This book (a collection of three short stories and a novella) is an excellent addition to the series, and describes some of the Twain's adventures while in their more settled later life on Rime Isle. Leiber's writing style is beautiful, poetic and flows elegantly and smoothly. This is fantasy written for, and meant to be appreciated by adults, rather than for the teenage audience much of the more recent fantasy seems to be written for.

The only reason this doesn't rate 5 stars is because, while it is far better than most fantasy, there are others that are better (e.g. George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire and Steven Erikson's Malazan series.)

The Good...and the Bad.......1999-12-16

I'm mixed in my opinion on this book. I loved the third short story (the name of which escapes me) where our heroes are cursed by the gods and vie with assassins. It's perhaps the best Fafhrd & Mouser story I've read.

The novel included in this volume is awful. Leiber includes gratuitous sex to titillate the adolescent reader. Soft-core pornography. The story is curiously bland as well. The Mouser is trapped underground for a hundred pages, while Fafhrd tries to rescue him. Then Leiber causes Fafhrd to be abducted and pleasured by maidens in a flying airship. It's awful. Really nothing here for the discriminating reader. Leiber should have left the Twain alone.

In which the heroes' adventures come to a fitting end........1997-06-17

A fitting, if somewhat unexpected end to the adventures of Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser. This book lacks a bit of the majestic prose and black comedy that the previous six were known for, but it gives our beloved pair one last great adventure before retiring.

If you've read the first six books of the 'Swords' cycle (for lack of a better series title) you will enjoy reading this. In it the two heroes retire to live a happy old age, but find much to their own surprise that their legend will live on . . .

In addition the title so perfectly describes the two it is impossible to not have it sitting next to the others on the shelf. I just wish they had included it in the lovely three volume hardcover reprint of the first six books!

Book Description

Can we rely on the altruism of professionals or the public service ethos to deliver good quality health and education services? And how should patients, parents, and pupils behave - as grateful recipients or active consumers? This book provides new answers to these questions - a milestone in the analysis and development of public policy, from one of the leading thinkers in the field. It provides a new perspective on policy design, emphasising the importance of analysing the motivation of professionals and others who work within the public sector, and both their and public service beneficiaries' capacity for agency or independent action. It argues that the conventional assumption that public sector professionals are public-spirited altruists or 'knights' is misplaced; but so is the alternative that they are all, in David Hume's terminology, 'knaves' or self-interested egoists. We also must not assume that individual citizens are passive recipients of public services (pawns); but nor can they be untrammelled sovereigns with unrestricted choices over services and resources (queens). Instead, policies must be designed so as to give the proper balance of motivation and agency. The book illustrates how this can be done by detailed empirical examination of recent policies in health services, education, social security and taxation. It puts forwards proposals for policy reform, several of which either originated with the author or with which he has been closely associated: universal capital or 'demogrants', discriminating vouchers, matching grants for pensions and for long-term care, and hypothecated taxes.

Customer Reviews:

An excellent thinking framework.......2005-03-15

The author uses an easy-to-understand framework to describe the expectations of public service users in society, both today and in years past, and, the motivations of agencies that act as providers of these services.

Examples mainly drawn from education and healthcare in the UK show an increasingly informed public that demand greater accountability and value for money from service providers (from Pawns to Queens). From this customer-driven evolution there appears to be an increasing realisation that those who provide services to the public do so with a wide spectrum of different motivations (from Publicly-Spirited Knights to Self-Interested Knaves).

Interestingly, the author finds that characteristics of both 'knightly' and 'knaveish' behaviour in combination may indeed yield the greatest benefit for society. The 'robust' strategy / policy therefore becomes one where altruism and self-interest align, a point where society benefits the most from the efforts of the publicly employed agent(s).

It is in matters of policy execution, however, that the book probably falls a little short. Description of how you might identify and implement 'robust' strategy is high-level and hard to visualise, via, an action plan, for example. An example of a 'robust' strategy was provided from public housing but was not particularly well specified. The ideas the book presents clearly outweigh the policy implementation path attempted.

Policy implementation and the small font with which the book has been printed are the only drawbacks. Otherwise it is well written, well researched and an important contribution of ideas to those engaged or interested in public policy.

Public confidence erodes.......2004-11-08

From the Journal of Economic Literature September 2004:
Explores assumptions and realities concerning human motivation and the implications for the design of public policy. Describes how in Great Britain and other countries there has been a gradual erosion of confidences in the reliability of the public service ethic as a motivational drive and a growing conviction that self-interest is the principal force motivating those involved in public services, and how these changes have resulted in radical reforms in public service delivery systems. Reviews the empirical evidence concerning the existence of self-interested and altruistic motivations in the public sector. Illustrates how policy structures and context can change the balance of self-interested and altruistic motivations in individuals working in the public sector. Develops a theory of public service motivation and explores the implications for service delivery. Considers whether users of publicly funded services should have control over how much and in what way they make use of publicly funded services or whether their use should be largely determined by professionals or others involved in service provision. Explores the question of the appropriate balance of power between individual users and professionals in the context of health care, education, and saving for retirement. Assesses some specific policies or proposals designed to address motivation and agency issues in the welfare state, considering the U.K. experience with Primary Care Trusts in the health care sectors; the U.K. experience with parental choice and competition in primary school education; the idea of a capital grant, or demogrant, to every young adult; the idea of "partnership" matching grants to encourage savings for pensions and long-term care; and a proposal to increase individual citizens' control over the fiscal systems through hypothecation or the earmarking of particular tax revenues for specific uses. Le Grand is the Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics. Index.

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No happily ever after?

A Knight Among Knaves
Robert N. Charrette
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No happily ever after?.......2005-02-19

I began this trilogy back when it first came out and I was still in those awkward times of adolesence...I was a confused young lass who still had hopes that life would turn out happy. I was wrong and this book proves me right.

While the story begins strong in the first two, it becomes muddled here in "A Knight Among Knaves" as Charrette seemingly tries to cram two books into one. However, just as the first two, it is very difficult to put down as one constantly wonders "why!", "how!", and mostly "what next!"

I highly recommend the entire trilogy to anyone who enjoys reading fiction.

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Great Tales from English History: A Treasury of True Stories about the Extraordinary People -- Knights and Knaves, Rebels and Heroes, Queens and Commoners -- Who Made Britain Great

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UK is ok with me
Accessible history part 1

Great Tales from English History: A Treasury of True Stories about the Extraordinary People -- Knights and Knaves, Rebels and Heroes, Queens and Commoners -- Who Made Britain Great
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A feast for history lovers--the whole colorful parade of English history brilliantly captured in a single volume.From ancient times to the present day, the story of England has been laced with drama, intrigue, courage, and passion.In GREAT TALES FROM ENGLISH HISTORY, Robert Lacey recounts the remarkable episodes that shaped a nation as only a great storyteller can: by combining impeccable accuracy with the timeless drama that has made these tales live for centuries. This new paperback edition is encyclopedic in scope, gathering together all of Robert Lacey's great tales previously published in three separate hardcover volumes. The book comprises 154 delectable stories, each brimming with insight, humor, and fascinating detail. Bite-sized history at its best, GREAT TALES FROM ENGLISH HISTORY belongs on every Anglophile's bookshelf."An informative, trustworthy distillation, less a debunking than an entertaining, wryly lucid reconstruction of the facts. . . . The tales weave a narrative as finely thatched as an English cottage." -Tennessean"Eminently readable, highly enjoyable. . . GREAT TALES should appeal to the reader who appreciates individuals and their personalities more than mere mass movements." -St. Louis Post-Dispatch"Beautifully written, full of things you didn't know, and well worth a read if you want a new view on stories you thought you'd already understood." -Living History

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UK is ok with me.......2006-05-23

I agree with the previous reviewer. Both books are interesting, concise and make for excellent bedtime reading. Great overview of British history!

Accessible history part 1.......2006-03-22

I first discovered Robert Lacey as an author from his book 'The Year 1000'. Interesting, accessible, easy to follow, with a good balance of detail and breadth (always a tricky task when writing a popular history), that book was one of my favourites around the turn of the second millennium. I discovered this book after finding the second volume of this set on the shelves of my local library, and have found it equally worthwhile and fun to read.

This book focuses upon the period from Britain's prehistoric period up to the Middle Ages (the second volume concentrates on the late Middle Ages to the post-Reformation era in English history) - in royal terms, the times of the pre-Norman Conquest kingdoms and invasions, and the early Plantagenets. In years, this goes from the years around 7000 BC to the late 1300s (Wat Tyler and the Peasants' Revolt).

One of the things that I like a lot about this particular history is that the stories are brief and self-contained while being part of the overall flow of the history of England. They make for good bed-time reading (the longest of the stories is barely seven pages long, in easy print and easy, storytelling language). Many of the characters are already familiar figures even to those who aren't Anglophiles - William the Conqueror, Alfred the Great, Boadicea, Thomas Becket and Richard the Lionhearted. Then there will be figures that are lesser known but just as interesting - the Cheddar Man (no, he wasn't made of cheese) from 7000s BC and the Fair Maids of Kent (a story with the foundation of the Order of the Garter). These are tales told in a simplified but memorable manner, and could serve for younger and older readers as a stimulus for further reading and investigation about topics brought up in the text.

There are a few maps, royal lineage charts, and woodcut/line art drawings throughout the text. Lacey includes a bibliography for further reading (this contains a good number of website addresses for making further research very easy). There is also an index, which many popular histories forget, but Lacey is to be highly praised for including one here, making looking up particular names, places and events very easy.

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