This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.
Copyright (c) 2002 by David Weber. A shorter version of this novel was published as "Sir George and the Dragon" in Foreign Legions, edited by David Drake, (c) 2001.
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Weber, David, 1952-
The Excalibur alternative / by David Weber.
p. cm.
"A Baen Books original"—T.p. verso.
ISBN 0-671-31860-8
1. Life on other planets—Fiction. 2. Great Britain—History, Military—1066-
1485—Fiction. 3. Roman—History, Military—Fiction. 4. Time travel—Fiction.
I. Title.
PS3573.E217 E93 2002
813'.43—dc21 2001043636
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