The Rise of France: Beginning with the Hundred Years' War

A viscount wanting to rise to power, unify Europe, and conquer Jerusalem within a few decades is wishful thinking without some extraordinary, cheat-like ability. It's only possible if the protagonist starts as a king with a large empire and a high starting point.

Unifying Europe in the Middle Ages was unrealistic, and taking Jerusalem was even more unrealistic, given the proximity of North Africa, which was already suffering. Governing it was out of the question. The book's synopsis is too far-fetched; I'm not reading it.

You mean the Rothschild family had 50 trillion dollars in the 18th century? You're kidding me. Even if you tied the whole world together and sold it to aliens in the 18th century, you still wouldn't get 50 trillion dollars.

Isn't the pace too fast? It's only 400,000 words. Is it really necessary to keep going at this pace? Healthcare, education, population census, land allocation and development, political system structure reform, urban planning—are we walking on shit every day?

Why would a fictional character like a sharp-tongued maid exist in the Dark Ages? 😅

Now I understand why this book didn't do well. The protagonist's personality is a complete replica of the author's. He's all about self-righteous modern gentleness, but it's completely out of step with the medieval setting of the book. If a servant dared to speak to a lord like that, he would have been killed long ago, and people would have said you did a good thing.

I read the first eighty chapters, and they were alright. There were a few issues, though, that the author should take note of. First, there are quite a few typos, omissions, and word order errors. Please review the manuscript more thoroughly. Secondly, I feel that the title "Unifying Europe in the Middle Ages" is a bit far-fetched.

The main characters are roughly like this.

The good news is that knighthoods can be bought and sold, and ordinary people can do it too; the upper class doesn't restrict it too much.

My personal suggestion is, forget the Middle Ages, go back even further. Go to the ancient Roman era, and you'll have a direct start to the world's reconquest. It wouldn't even take decades. Imagine you're Marcus Aurelius, conquering Gallo and Palmyra in three years, Mesopotamia in five, and Britain and Germany in ten, all the way to the Arctic Ocean!