Many consider history boring, especially medieval history. Robert Hirsch has made it fascinating. He brings alive the times, the people, the culture, and the medieval Catholic Church. His writing places you right in the middle of the action. It's as if you have a front row middle seat watching as the plot unfolds. I have read 'Promise of the Black Monks,' 'Hammer of God,' and I await anxiously Mr. Hirsch's 'Horde of Fools,' 'God's Scarlet Fury,' and a final novel to be announced.