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'''''Three Hearts And Three Lions''''' is a fantasy novel by [[Poul Anderson]]. |
'''''Three Hearts And Three Lions''''' is a fantasy novel by [[Poul Anderson]]. |
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During [[World War II]], |
During [[World War II]], Holger is in Denmark, part of [[La Résistance]]. Except that at one crucial moment, he finds himself transported to a fantasy world, where the Matter of France from [[Chivalric Romance]], Charlemagne and his paladins, is true. And that he has some sort of connection with this world that he can not remember. |
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A major influence on [[Dungeons and Dragons]]. |
A major influence on [[Dungeons and Dragons]]. |
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* [[Animated Armor]]: Guarding the passes into fairyland. |
* [[Animated Armor]]: Guarding the passes into fairyland. |
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* [[Chick Magnet]]: Holger, to his surprise. Apparently he never got that lucky back home. |
* [[Chick Magnet]]: Holger, to his surprise. Apparently he never got that lucky back home. |
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** The narrator of the prologue and epilogue, to whom Holger tells his story, explicitly says Holger never got that lucky in our world because he was '''too''' nice a guy -- too concerned with not hurting girls' feelings to be any good at making advances. |
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* [[Door Step Baby]]: Holger again. |
* [[Door Step Baby]]: Holger again. |
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* [[The Fair Folk]]: Complete with the allergy to cold iron and holy names. |
* [[The Fair Folk]]: Complete with the allergy to cold iron and holy names. |
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* [[Knight in Shining Armor]] |
* [[Knight in Shining Armor]] |
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* [[The Paladin]]: The paladins of this work are where the original inspiration for the Paladin class from ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' came from. |
* [[The Paladin]]: The paladins of this work are where the original inspiration for the Paladin class from ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' came from. |
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* [[Send Me Back]]: With the twist that, unlike in most "Send Me Back" situations, the fantasy world is where he came from '''originally'''. As one back-cover blurb put it, "For it was Earth that was his exile...." |
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* [[Send Me Back]] |
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* [[Shapeshifting Lover]] |
* [[Shapeshifting Lover]] |
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* [[Taken for Granite]]: The Giant. |
* [[Taken for Granite]]: The Giant. |