Talk:The Black Rose (novel)

Roger Bacon
This was 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 and Kublai Khan. 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)

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