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Wonder valley a novel5/29/2023 ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, the book is actually quite difficult to come by having only had a few printings, and being currently out of print. I'll be getting ahead of myself but I'll state directly that the movie is excellent, and upon learning that it was based on a novel I immediately went about finding a copy. While it doesn't have dragons, it has plenty of dragoons. One could imagine that fans of series like Game of Thrones, or Wolf Hall would certainly enjoy the historical setting with its power politics, religious conflict, and human drama. The Thirty Years' War doesn’t appear to be popular in the cinema, which is unfortunate, because it's ripe with potential. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Last Valley presented itself as one of the most promising, primarily because it may be the only one. While pursuing more information on the Thirty Year’s War, in addition to reading books on the subject, I decided to pick up a movie set in the period. “The soldiers are here, Father,” Gruber said. What has changed that we have need of soldiers?” ”The shrine of Our Lady has protected this village through years of that pestilence and destruction which fell on other villages like the wrath of God. ![]()
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