6/11/2023 0 Comments Essex dogs a novelBut I’m not nearly the expert on medieval history that Dan Jones is, so it’s very possible he simply knows something that I don’t. Think King Joffrey and less England’s warrior prince. Another oddity is Jones’s portrayal of the prince himself. While I accept it's a way of bringing the story together, I would also question whether or not simple yeoman archers and footsoldiers would have come into close proximity with the knights of the realm, let alone formed any sort of bond with them. Unfortunately, cocaine in the middle ages only came in the form of theriac treacle-exceedingly expensive and pretty disgusting stuff!-with the powdered form not being introduced to Europe for another hundred years. That said, there are numerous mentions of "white powder" which is unquestionably cocaine. Particularly impressive was the fact that this was Jones’s first attempt at writing historical fiction. Dan Jones could write a book about paint drying and I would read it.
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