11-14-2007, 02:50 PM
Warhorse should be very interesting too. I love the scene in The Return of the King when the Riders of Rohan attack the Oliphaunts, but I also cringe a little realizing there is no way on earth you could get horses to charge those monstrosities, even of the earthly variety (not 40 feet tall).
There is still room for another war elephants book, but it will probably need to be by an Asian scholar who can read Asian languages and thus describe their eastern history. I could only use english translations, only a small fraction of the available materials, surely there is a ton of interesting stuff in India and China history.
There is still room for another war elephants book, but it will probably need to be by an Asian scholar who can read Asian languages and thus describe their eastern history. I could only use english translations, only a small fraction of the available materials, surely there is a ton of interesting stuff in India and China history.
Quote:kistlerj:3o35av7h Wrote:I see an old post where a member was puzzled by the problem with the elephants at the Rhone, when Hannibal tried to get them across.
After studying all the accounts and theories, the solution to my mind is quite simple, regarding the history of those particular elephants....
In essence then the elephants of Hannibal were not practiced swimmers. ....
John K
John, thanks for taking the trouble to answer something which had been bothering me for some time, though you've now rendered a footnote in my Warhorse obsolete just as the paperback comes out! You've also pretty much stymied my plan to commission something on war elephants too; wish I had got to you first. I too will be ordering a copy fo your book.
Thanks
Phil
John Kistler
writer, businessman, elephant lover
writer, businessman, elephant lover
