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I'm a medieval historian who has decided to take apart the Middle Ages and reconstruct them as Altearth. ...more

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Average rating: 4.33 · 76 ratings · 26 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Goblins at the Gates: An Altearth Tale 4.22 avg rating — 27 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Child of Great Promise: An Altearth Tale 4.50 avg rating — 18 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mad House: An Altearth Tale 4.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into the Second World: An Altearth Tale 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Garden of Hugo Vuerloz 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I have a little Christmas story published over at Another Realm. It's a happy story, honest.
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Ellis Knox rated a book really liked it To Serve Them All My Days by R.F. Delderfield	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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It's great writing, of course, but I'm quite done with clever cynicism, and this book is predicated on it. Everyone is either a sap or is sly, and nowhere could I find someone to care about. ...more
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“I hate writing, I love having written.”
― Dorothy Parker

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“I hate writing, but I love having written.”
― Dorothy Parker

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“Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealings with men.”
― Joseph Conrad, Chance

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“Just when the gods had ceased to be, and the Christ had not yet come, there was a unique moment in history, between Cicero and Marcus Aurelius, when man stood alone.”
― Gustave Flaubert, The Letters, 1830-1880

tags: atheism, classical, humanity, religion, rome

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