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Dreams …

When God gives you a dream he usually shows us the end by that I mean he shows us “the accomplishment of the dream”; he doesn’t show us the process of accomplishing the dream because I tend to think that if he showed us the process most of us would say forget it its too hard. It’s too tough I can’t do this… I don’t think I want this as much as I thought I wanted it.

The process is “hard stuff” and I tend to think that this is the part that most of us quit and give up on our dream… this is where we abort the dream and the few who endure are the ones who see their dream come to its entirety.

Don’t give up on your dream just because it is hard… Endure so that you can leave to tell the rest of the world how you endured because I tend to think that most people are so quick to tell us how they became a success its very seldom that we hear about how people endure. People don’t tell us of how during the journey to their success they felt like giving up. Endure for your dream and to help others.

Bernard Cornwell is a master of storytelling in an age when content and plotting seems to have largely given way to style and feel.
For those unfamiliar with his work then there is no finer place to start than the warlord trilogy. It tells of the life of King Arthur through a narrator, Derfel Cadarn, who was with him throughout his life.

This is, of course, a subject that has been covered ad nauseum, Cornwell however manages such a different take on the legend that he rises above the rest.
Firstly, the books are simply a great read and to be enjoyed on a ‘page turner’ level. I personally believe a major factor in their success is that the sword and sorcery element, which runs throughout the Arthurian legends, is addressed fully but dealt with realistically. So called magical acts and amazing feats are explained in terms which we today understand as being perfectly rational but allowing us to understand how people of the time would be amazed. This gives a feeling of reality to the tale and coupled with the authors ever present eye for accurate historical detail, gives one the feeling of reading a true account rather than the usual fantasy tale.

It was a great disappointment when the recent King Arthur film was made that they did not base it on the Warlord Trilogy. Whilst a Lord of the Rings type trilogy of films would have been superb it was perhaps a little too much to hope for. The books could have been used to create a far superior film, an opportunity missed in fact.

The books are available on the secondhand market for next to nothing, start with The Winter King, you’ll not be disappointed.

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Bernard Cornwell