The High Crusade (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Poul Anderson
- First Published: 1960
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—galactic empire
- Time of Work: 1345 and the far future
- Setting: England, a spaceship, and various locations through the universe
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Future, Other worlds, Space ships, stations, or vehicles, England or English people, Fourteenth century, Crusades, Aliens, space
- Locales: Space, England
The Plot
A captain receives a translation of a thousand-year-old manuscript, written by Brother Parvus, telling of the exploits of his lord, Sir Roger de Tourneville, who established an English space empire based on the feudal system. The unexpectedness of the successes of the medieval British against aliens and advanced technology and the further irony of their tenacious independence helped this novel win a Hugo Award.
In c.e. 1345, when confronted by a scouting spaceship of the Wersgorxian Empire bent on conquest, Sir Roger and his men defeat the invaders, claim the...
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