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Old 02-13-2020, 11:50 PM   #50
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Originally Posted by hildea View Post
Another series (just a triology, don't remember the author) was great almost all the way through, with a Joan of Arc inspired protagonist, a gritty description of the machinery of war showing the point of view of camp followers, and Europe literally under a shadow. But in the last fifty pages or so, it turned out that the huge mysterious conflict could have been solved by some key people talking to each other decades ago. That ruined the books for me.
You're not thinking of Mary Gentle's The Books of Ash? A single omnibus or 4 books (A Secret History, Carthage Ascendant, The Wild Machines and Lost Burgundy?
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