Talk:The Black Rose (novel)

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Roger Bacon edit

Latest comment: 5 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

This was UNDUE at Bacon's own article, but could be helpfully added here somehow:

The novel's Roger Bacon serves to motivate Costain's protagonist, a fictional Englishman who journeys to China during the reigns of [[Edward I of England|Edward I]] and [[Kublai Khan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Black Rose |url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/68925/The-Black-Rose/full-synopsis.html |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |accessdate=27 April 2014}}.</ref> Costain's narration includes technology such as the compass, the telescope, rockets and the manufacture of paper, all described by his young adventurer with an eye toward bringing these marvels back to Bacon for analysis. Returning to England to find Bacon gone and under house arrest, the traveller begs King Edward to intercede with the pope for the Franciscan's release, arguing that with Bacon's imprisonment a great light of the world is in danger of being put out. Costain's character also comes to argue for emancipation of the Saxon villeins (serfs), linking political with intellectual enlightenment under the fictional Bacon's influence.

— $Llywelyn II$ 18:00, 18 October 2015 (UTC)Reply

what is the price of the book — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.120.57.218 (talk) 02:42, 11 April 2019 (UTC)Reply

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