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I'm struggling to remember / find the name of a book I read years ago. Probably generically a sic fi book (I'm talking about late 60s / early 70s) in which the "hero" / protagonist was a military man back in Middle Ages (or possibly Dark Age - pre 1066 with Vikings etc) - wounded, he was treated with honey &, I think, cobwebs which somehow made him almost immortal and he then became a warrior in every major conflict that followed, up to and including D Day.


Nicholas Monsaratt wrote something similar "The Master Mariner" but that was entirely sea based - this was more army warfare orientated.


Does it ring any bells with anyone - or can anyone give me a lead?

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Don't know the book in question ...but have you read any Guy Gavriel Kay ?

Fantasy ,set mainly middle and pre middle ages ,lots of warfare and poloticking .

Really bad description on my part but they are heaven ,try Tigana ,or The Last Light of the Sun .


http://www.guygavrielkay.ca/books.html

I have no idea, but if anyone can help with a sci-fi book, probably from the 60s or 50s, which features a planet of human(kids) - maybe earth - with two suns, one yellow and one blue, please let me know. I read it at the top of the stairs in my house when I was about nine and it freaked me out!

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