re: #7 William Barnett-Lewis

Better man than I. I got 3/4 of the way through book one before throwing it against the far wall. I never even bothered with the Wheel of Time. To wash the taste out of my brain I re-read John M. Ford’s The Dragon Waiting, possibly the finest historical fantasy novel ever written. (Well, I’ll be … en.wikipedia.org )

The finest historical fantasy ever written would be Gene Wolfe’s Conciliator series. Granted, it’s future history, but still…….