''The Eagles' Brood'' is a 1994

historical novel Historical fiction is a literary genre in which a fictional plot takes place in the setting of particular real historical events. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to oth ...

Jack Whyte Jack Whyte (March 15, 1940February 22, 2021) was a Scottish-Canadian novelist of historical fiction. Born and raised in Scotland, he moved to Canada in 1967. He resided in Kelowna, British Columbia. Early life Whyte was born in Scotland on March ...

set in

post-Roman Britain Sub-Roman Britain, also called post-Roman Britain or Dark Age Britain, is the period of late antiquity in Great Britain between the end of Roman rule and the founding of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. The term was originally used to describe archae ...

. It is the third in Whyte's series ''

The Camulod Chronicles ''A Dream of Eagles'' is a historical novel series written by the Canadian author Jack Whyte. It was published in the United States as the ''Camulod Chronicles''. The novels are a rendition of the Arthurian legend that attempt to propose a possi ...

''. The novel develops the relationship between Merlyn and Uther as the two become military leaders of Camulod.

Reception

When Michelle Ziegler reviewed the novel in the academic journal The Heroic Age, she emphasized that Whyte sometimes gets bogged down in details and noted a few "historical stumbles". Overall, however, she called the novel along with the next book in the series ''

The Saxon Shore ''The Saxon Shore'' is a 1995 novel by Canadian writer Jack Whyte chronicling Caius Merlyn Britannicus's effort to return the baby Arthur to the colony of Camulod and the political events surrounding this. The book is a portrayal of the Arthur ...

'' "interesting and engrossing". Ziegler also noted the use of conventions of the mystery genre to keep the plot entertaining. Kirkus review also received the novel positively and called it "another dipful from the fertile Arthurian well, sans magic but brimful of action." Similarly ''

Publishers Weekly ''Publishers Weekly'' (''PW'') is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers, and literary agents. Published continuously since 1872, it has carried the tagline, "The International News Magazine of ...

'' said that "in graphic realism lies its fascination, and its power."

References

Novels by Jack Whyte 1994 British novels Canadian historical novels Novels set in sub-Roman Britain Modern Arthurian fiction Tor Books books {{Canada-novel-stub