Even Humphrey could frighten the French with illusions of ghostly horses; his elder brothers, he confides, had called spirits to join the English in battle, and so had won at Agincourt and defeated Joan la Pucelle.
That is absolutely inspired use of the text and the improbability of what we know!
Wonderful, matter-of-fact treatment of magic that somehow manages to be all the more chilling for its commonplace treatment. I think (other than the last line) my favourite moment is Humphrey emptying the court. It was so utterly eerie and made the point so precisely and frighteningly.
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Date: 2010-08-27 02:01 pm (UTC)That is absolutely inspired use of the text and the improbability of what we know!
Wonderful, matter-of-fact treatment of magic that somehow manages to be all the more chilling for its commonplace treatment. I think (other than the last line) my favourite moment is Humphrey emptying the court. It was so utterly eerie and made the point so precisely and frighteningly.
Just wonderful.