- Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Jove (MM) (Sep 1 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0515131512
- ISBN-13: 978-0515131512
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.7 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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#245,958 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #79 in Books > Romance > Anthologies
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Product Description
From Library Journal
Set during the misty Middle Ages, when brave knights in shining armor rescued fair maidens and chivalry and honor were prized above all things, this quartet of novellas from some of the genre's best-known writers takes the concept of the vow and spins it into four very different yet thematically linked medieval tales. Kurland leads off with "The Traveller," a humorous time travel piece that tosses a modern-day woman back into the life of a 13th-century knight who needs to reclaim his inheritance. Patricia Potter follows with "The Minstrel," her charming story of a lord who promises his dying mother he will only marry for love and becomes a traveling musician in order to find a woman who can make his own heart sing. "The Bachelor Knight," Deborah Simmons's story of a valiant but lowly born knight who is forced to honor an old vow and marry a lady so that she can retain her holdings, and Glynnis Campbell's "The Siege," a romantic tale of a knight and his reluctant intended, unaware of the other's identity and trapped together during an assault on her family's castle, nicely round out the collection. A worthy collection that should appeal to most medieval romance fans.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Book Description
Fantasies are made of knights in shining armor-and now they can be found in four breathtaking medieval tales by today's most acclaimed writers of historical romances...
Featuring:
"The Traveller" by Lynn Kurland
"The Minstrel" by Patricial Potter
"The Bachelor Knight" by Deborah Simmons
"The Siege" by Glynnis Campbell
Featuring:
"The Traveller" by Lynn Kurland
"The Minstrel" by Patricial Potter
"The Bachelor Knight" by Deborah Simmons
"The Siege" by Glynnis Campbell
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Three decent, one so-so,
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Ce commentaire est de: A Knight's Vow (Mass Market Paperback)
It's been a week since I've read this, and the best in the book was the first story. Light-hearted and fun, it's about a woman who is at a point in her life - no job, no money, no boyfriend, and starting a diet - and she gets a letter from her romance novelist friend. In the letter, her friend invites her to visit and includes a map, warning her that there are places that you can accidently step back into to time. Thinking the warnings a joke, the heroine ignores this advice and ends up going back in time. Usually, I don't like time-travel romance, because they are not always written well, but this one was written with a great sense of humor. The rest of the book was also diverting, and after the sample chapter at the back for Ms. Campbell's new book, I am excited to put "My Warrior" on my going to read list.
4.0 out of 5 stars
In search of a new twist to an old theme,
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Ce commentaire est de: A Knight's Vow (Mass Market Paperback)
A Knight's Vow consists of four stories with the same theme - knight's vowing to "honor and protect helpless women" ends up marrying the "respsonsibility" they had taken care of.Only the first and the last stories are worth a read. I have been a fan of all Lynn Kurland's time travel series and this story continues to interest me. A must read to add your collection of her time series. The last one, "the seige" is also a must read for a new author. It is entertaining and caught my attention throughout the story. I wished it were longer. The idea of "knowing a person's soul first before the body" is an interesting part. And thus I am taking my time to collect all three of Gylnnis Campbell's de ware trilogy. However the two stories in the middle -- "the minstrel" & "bachelor knight" were a bore. The minstrel was soo predictable that I could not finish the whole book. I felt like I would make up a better plot than Ms Potter. The concept of the "bachelor knight" was a good one. However, Ms. Simmons seems to fail at the task of developing a full entertaining and cohesive storyline along the concept. It is like watching the Movie "Scorpion King" after the two Mummy series that you have to laugh. Although all the ingredients are there, there is just something missing. a good book for bedtime or hospital run read.
3.0 out of 5 stars
OK...,
By fedora_girl (Philippines) - See all my reviews
Ce commentaire est de: A Knight's Vow (Mass Market Paperback)
The book is fine actually. It's made up of four stories. The first one by Lynn Kurland, which is "The Traveller" wasn't really as great as her other novellas and novels. Everything seemed to be happening fast, but I chalk it up to the limited pages. It's still a good read. "The Minstrel" was great. It was touching, and humorous. I mean, two people pretending they're someone they're not, when what they were would have solved everything. But of course, all's well that ends well. "The Bachelor Knight" was okay. I got a bit tired though of the heroine pushing the knight away, hurting him, and all that, because she didn't want to get her heart broken, when in fact, she was already in love with him. And I sure pitied the poor guy who thought he couldn't live up to her medieval heroes, and felt less than deserving of her. The last one, "The Siege" was really good. It's like the hero and the heroine were put there on purpose through divine intervention so that they could straighten out the catches in their betrothal. And when they did, they were suddenly saved, and they see the world through new eyes. All in all, the book is, as I said, OK. I think it was worth buying, but not really a favorite.
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