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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Pollaxe" data-source="post: 375407" data-attributes="member: 6681">Some books I'd recommend would be:Kemp: The Road to Crecy by Daniel Hall. Follows the progress of a serf who ends up as a bowman in the English army. Quite a good read and a lot of detail/angst about being tied to the land serving a feudal lord who's a complete idiot... the follow-up Kemp<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />assage at Arms is pretty good too - and has a section set in London.. They're not fantasy but should give some useful info..An even better read IMVHO is:Ash: A Secret History by Mary Gentle. Set in a fictitious and somewhat 'fantasy feel' 15th century Europe (and a bit of Africa too) this book gives a good insight into medieval camp- and campaign-life and there's a prolonged section about a siege (from the inside looking out).. very well-written by someone who definitely 'knows her onions.' <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> The language is often a bit fruity though (it's been 'modernised' to make the swearwords feel more.. ahem... contemporary <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />)Any of the Sharon Penman history books are usually very good for everyday life info too.. although they're not fantasy either..</blockquote>

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