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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Medieval adventure!By John E. LarsenSir William is the third son of an English landowner, and as such is compelled to leave to find his fortune as a knight errant. His travels take him to Greece where he joins the retinue of Lord Geoffrey, a charismatic Frankish nobel. Here he is engaged in the classic medieval existence of tourneys and battles. These include the monumental Battle of Pelagonia in 1259, part of the Byzantine resurgence following the 4th Crusade. There is then the dramatic struggle to maintain the Latin kingdom in the face of Turkish assisted incursions.Sir William is a likeable narrator. Through the device of a similar name to Lord Geoffrey, he is allowed insight into the politics and scandals of his lords. Not everything goes as it should but this makes for a more realistic story with interesting characters. I particularly liked Sir Williamrsquo;s pragmatic wife and Lord Geoffreyrsquo;s irascible constable.Historical fiction was something I eagerly sought as a youth and this book was my favourite. Dugan was a well known archaeologist and his books are underpinned by extensive knowledge of the places and times he writes of. It is fascinating to do the research, the castle of Mistra was at Sparta. The battles that Sir William and Lord Geoffrey participated in are really brought to life. It all takes place in the glow of adventure and chivalry at its peak. Highly recommended!5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Publisher's Review is rather oddBy Richard FietzWhile Geoffrey de Bruyere was in the broadest sense a Crusader, the area where he lived was not Palestine, but the Pelopponesus peninsula of southern Greece. The Fourth Crusade of 1204 resulted in some small states in Southern Greece ruled by Westerners. Duggan has set a story about the trouble made by love intervening in the knightly world of the Principality of Achaea, one of these. It's a story of sacrifice for love, and a good antidote to the Diana Gabaldon school of historical novel. Tightly interwoven with the politics of the time, and with another story, that of the problems of a lesser knight of the time, I found it one of Duggan's better novels. The Turks get about three paragraphs as a bit of local colour. The book has more about the later Byzantines. It's a good read.1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Not his best novelBy Susan CookeAlfred Duggan's novels were one of the staples of my late childhood reading. I loved Medieval history and there was a limited amount of it around. However, this one is a little fanciful and has it all down a little too pat. I have enjoyed others (not available for Kindle) better.

Lord Geoffrey's Fancy is a beautifully detailed study of the world of the thirteenth century - a world of knights and crusaders, of courtly love and chilvalry.Closely following historical fact, Duggan portrays the fate and fortunes of one Sir Geoffrey de Bruyere, 'the best knight in all Romanie'. He traces his story through hunts and brightly coloured jousting tournaments to gallant battles, fighting for God and for justice against the Infidel Turk.'One of the best historical novelists of this century' Times Literary Supplement'What gives this novel its subtly satisfying flavour is the grasp of medieval philosophy it displays' Daily Telegraph

About the Author'There have been few historical imaginations better informed or more gifted than Alfred Duggan's' The New CriterionHistorian, archaeologist and novelist Alfred Duggan wrote historical fiction and non-fiction about a wide range of subjects, in places and times as diverse as 's Rome and the Medieval Europe of .Although he was born in Argentina, Duggan grew up in England, and was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. After Oxford, he travelled extensively through Greece and Turkey, visiting almost all the sites later mentioned in his books. In 1935 helped excavate Constantine's palace in .Duggan came to writing fiction quite late in his life: his first novel about the First Crusade, Knight in Armour, was published in 1950, after which he published at least a book every year until his death in 1964. His fictional works were bestselling page-turners, but thoroughly grounded in meticulous research informed by Duggan's experience as an archaeologist and historian.Duggan has been favourably compared to Bernard Cornwell as well as being praised in his own right as 'an extremely gifted writer who can move into an unknown period and give it life and immediacy.' New York Times

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