Ollie Randall, writing and cartoons
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a historical epic, but there are also strong elements of tragedy. As I have tried to demonstrate in my Three Kingdoms chapter summary, most leaders’ failures in the novel can be traced directly to clear flaws: arrogance, excessive cruelty, recklessness, naivete. This is not prescriptive – luck has…
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms is full to the brim with battles, stratagems and memorable moments – no summary can do it real justice. Condensing a twenty-page chapter into a short paragraph involves leaving out most of the good bits, so do read the original – but on the flip side, this chapter-by-chapter summary is…