It’s silly and tongue-in-cheek and strangely entertaining. This book also has a similarity with Asimov’s Foundation (first published in 1951) series, though nowhere near its scope.Īn energetic, light and entertaining adventure story, very original in its design, well written and smoothly paced Anderson has also crafted a subtle examination of diplomacy and war, while satirizing human nature as it is used in a metaphor by an alien race! One of the great things about this book is the humor, never far from the surface, but tucked in, like a tongue in a cheek, allowing the narrative (made all the more entertaining by being told from the perspective of a learned friar) to chronicle a truly unique and imaginative adventure.Īlso I cannot help but compare and contrast this story with Mark Twain’s A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (from which it must have gained inspiration) and to Eifelheim, Michael Flynn’s 2006 novel (which may have gained inspiration from The High Crusade). Let's not bicker and argue over who killed who.” While reading this I could not help but recall scenes from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, especially the scenes with Michael Palin as the lord of the castle in the swamps, saying, “Please! This is supposed to be a happy occasion. What ensues is a story that must be read to be believed and it is hard to put down.
The aliens made a cosmic blunder by messing with an English baron and his fiefdom.
The High Crusade by Poul Anderson, tells the unlikely but still somehow plausible tale of an alien invasion of earth in the 1300s.
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