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   XPost: rec.arts.books.childrens   
   From: chenrich@monmouth.com   
      
   In article , Nicholas Young   
    wrote:   
      
   > > There's another book in the Arthurian vein that I read in a comparative   
   > > lit class, written by a woman (not Zimmer-Bradley) who presented the   
   > > legend in detailed historical context: that Arthur's military skill was   
   > > notably Roman, that his troops practiced man-love, that maids following   
   > > Arthur's army discarded unwanted babes. As historically accurate as   
   > > "Robin Hood", the movie, with Patrick Bergen. Gruesome and   
   > > un-romanticized, yet fantastic, as any legend requires.   
   >   
   > It's possible (though perhaps unlikely) that this is one of Mary Stewart's   
   > Arthurian books: the series is _The Crystal Cave_, _The Hollow Hills_ and   
   _The   
   > Last Enchantment_.   
   I don't think the description fits Mary Stewart. Man-love is not a   
   prominent practice of Arthur's army in her books, nor the discarding of   
   unwanted babies by camp-followers.   
      
   Possible _Sword at Sunset_ by Rosemary Sutcliff?   
      
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