I don't usually write poor reviews - usually a waste of my time - but since this is a series and the errors I found that meant I couldn't ready beyond chapter 9 can be corrected and really should， worth a few minutes before dinner。You can't start a book telling your readers how much you've researched and how great you are and then use 'chain mail' at every turn; throw the name 'Plantagenet' around before Richard Duke of York contested the throne in the Wars of the Roses; have your medieval man c I don't usually write poor reviews - usually a waste of my time - but since this is a series and the errors I found that meant I couldn't ready beyond chapter 9 can be corrected and really should， worth a few minutes before dinner。You can't start a book telling your readers how much you've researched and how great you are and then use 'chain mail' at every turn; throw the name 'Plantagenet' around before Richard Duke of York contested the throne in the Wars of the Roses; have your medieval man counting in seconds before the hour was settled in length; and discuss courtyards and not baileys and wards。 These are the details that show an author should have paid attention to more than a bunch of names and dates in a history book。Disappointing， as I was prepared to ignore some， but they just built up （there are more。。。） and went beyond me being pedantic。 I'd been looking forward to it and even enjoyed the detail of the Templars。 Hey ho， you win some， you lose some。 。。。more