The story of the Normans told chiefly in relation to their conquest of England Sarah Orne Jewett 9781177641609 Books
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The story of the Normans told chiefly in relation to their conquest of England Sarah Orne Jewett 9781177641609 Books
I have been working my way through Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" for quite some time. After completing the first few volumes, I took a detour to read the "Histories" of Tacitus, one of Gibbon's favorite information sources for the era of Nero and his successors. Back to Gibbon, toward the end of volume 5 I was puzzled by the apparent far-flung success of the Normands. After perusing several kindle samples of Normand history, I chose Jewett's "Story of the Normands" for expansion and clarification of my intro to the subject in Gibbon. This proved to be an excellent choice. Jewett begins with the initial Danish inroads into France which were skipped over in Gibbon. She then fleshes out the Normand expansion into Italy, Sicily, their brush with the Bazentine empire, and the Normand ascendancy over England, as summarily covered by Gibbon. Despite the fact that "The Story of the Normands" was written nearly 150 years ago, it reads like a contemporary work. It is written in a conversational style which I judge to be easily accommodated by readers from 12 years old on up. It avoids the stuffy academic ramblings into subjects of questionable utility found elsewhere. The few 19th century religious assumptions added a bit of character to the narrative, and Jewett leavens her enthusiasm for the merits of conquest with ironic allusions to the associated drawbacks. If after reading Jewett's excellent book the reader would like further information regarding the exploits of William the Conqueror's eldest son during the first Crusade, this subject is treated in fair detail in Gibbon, volume 6.Product details
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I threw the book away before I had finished reading the first page. The writing - the grammar and the style (for want of a word) - is atrocious.
I have been working my way through Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" for quite some time. After completing the first few volumes, I took a detour to read the "Histories" of Tacitus, one of Gibbon's favorite information sources for the era of Nero and his successors. Back to Gibbon, toward the end of volume 5 I was puzzled by the apparent far-flung success of the Normands. After perusing several kindle samples of Normand history, I chose Jewett's "Story of the Normands" for expansion and clarification of my intro to the subject in Gibbon. This proved to be an excellent choice. Jewett begins with the initial Danish inroads into France which were skipped over in Gibbon. She then fleshes out the Normand expansion into Italy, Sicily, their brush with the Bazentine empire, and the Normand ascendancy over England, as summarily covered by Gibbon. Despite the fact that "The Story of the Normands" was written nearly 150 years ago, it reads like a contemporary work. It is written in a conversational style which I judge to be easily accommodated by readers from 12 years old on up. It avoids the stuffy academic ramblings into subjects of questionable utility found elsewhere. The few 19th century religious assumptions added a bit of character to the narrative, and Jewett leavens her enthusiasm for the merits of conquest with ironic allusions to the associated drawbacks. If after reading Jewett's excellent book the reader would like further information regarding the exploits of William the Conqueror's eldest son during the first Crusade, this subject is treated in fair detail in Gibbon, volume 6.
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