The Eagles' Brood

The Eagles' Brood

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author = Jack Whyte
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cover_artist = Edward Miller
country = Canada
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series = The Camulod Chronicles A Dream of Eagles
genre = Historical Fiction
publisher = Tor Books Penguin Books
release_date = 1994
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preceded_by = The Singing Sword
followed_by = The Saxon Shore
In "The Eagles' Brood", the third novel in his Camulod Chronicles, Jack Whyte introduces a new narrator. Caius Merlyn Britannicus, known to his friends as Merlyn, is growing from a young boy to Commander of Camulod and living a life that will establish his place in legend. Whyte's great talent in the Camulod Chronicles is the use of everyday historical detail to make the world of fifth-century England as real to the reader as it is to his characters, and in The Eagles' Brood, this approach really pays off. As Roman influence declines, other factors, including restless local warlords and kings and a Christian church growing in strength, take its place. One result is an increase in warfare and adventure, and there may be as many sword fights in The Eagles' Brood as in the previous two volumes combined. Yet it is typical of Whyte's attention to detail and to the intellectual life of the Britons that some of the bloodiest action takes place en route to a debate over the theology of Saint Augustine.


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