A Fourteenth Century Thriller: The Lawless Land
Gone Medieval
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The Knight Errant in the Middle Ages
We wanted to explore the idea of the knight errant, which really you can see influencing many stories to this day. I think it's quite easy to be cynical about the fact that some people did base their entire life on trying to live up to those ideals and extremes. The novel is very much in that tradition, because mediaeval ances are also not about the bad guys and the people who fail an ordinary people. And that's exactly what modern films are about. You don't have some ordinary joe walking down the street who is not a very nice guy and doesn't do much. That's not what telling is about.
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