On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Lesley Hall wrote:
> anything more than decoration (though there are some superb exceptions--e.g.
> Barbara Hambly's Gil in the Darwath sequence is in fact a medieval historian
> and uses her knowledged of the role of economics, climate, physical geography
> etc on what happens to societies to elucidate what's going on).
> Lesley
> Lesley_Hall@classic.msn.com
>
Judith Tarr and Susan Schwartz are two more fantasy writers with advanced
degrees in history. Tarr's PhD is in medieval history. Schwartz's
degree, I think, is in Byzantine history.
Mike Levy
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