7/3/2023 0 Comments Changeling by Philippa Gregory![]() ![]() Currently, thanks to the way deadlines ended up working out, I’m reading two books set in Medieval Europe where the main character is named Luca and touched by some supernatural force that sets him apart from the rest. ![]() The Changeling may have been doomed from the start when it came to my affection for it. By the 14th century, they existed in Europe as well. They were hand cannons (although they were not necessarily fired from the hand, but rather at the end of a handle). Handheld firearms first appeared in China where gunpowder was first developed. I skimmed some of the entry and then happened upon this small paragraph in the handguns entry: I had to put the novel down and go to Wikipedia, determined to find out the truth of the matter and grow about my own superior knowledge. “The hammering on the door shot him into wakefulness like a handgun going off in his face.” ![]() Although this is set in the 15th century, the very first sentence threw me out of the book: From the very beginning of this novel, I was thrown off. ![]()
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