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In this illustrated epic — called "the most complete, satisfying, and ambitious thing I have ever done" by the author himself — squire Nigel Loring sets out to serve King Edward at the start of the Hundred Years' War. As battles wage between the French and English armies, Nigel attempts to earn his knighthood . . . and to win the heart of the woman he loves.
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A return to my youth, Mar 16 2010
By EricS "Eric Scott" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sir Nigel: A Novel of the Hundred Years' War (Paperback)
I remember reading this book about 50 years ago, and enjoying it. The re-reading was entertaining, and reminded me of reasons the French have to dislike the English! The life in the times of the hundred years' war was very different, and entertaining to read about. It is a book suitable for teenagers, literate, but slow in pace by modern standards.
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A different style than modern, Mar 7 2012
By R. Bagula "Roger L. Bagula" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Sir Nigel: A Novel of the Hundred Years' War (Paperback)
By our standards this novel is over-written maybe?Too many details and sometimes the action and motivations seem
a little foreign, but if you read the introduction
you realize that we are seeing a cultural difference
that our democratic ways don't follow.
In a trail in court in those days the defendant
of noble birth could ask for a trial by arms
of champions. That alone would deter a lot of law suit, today,
as a rich noble could buy the services of a professional boxer
as his champion. We don't think of men in castes as they did then.
High Churchmen were almost always the third born sons of noble houses:
as first son-> gets the land;
second son->becomes a soldier;
third son-> becomes a churchman.
So the church had power and lands after the first crusade
was over that made many noble houses poor.
Sir Nigel was forced to find a way to
keep his lands and title by serving his King
in the foreign war. For each Sir Nigel who was successful
there must of been many who died and lost their ancestral lands
to the greedy church.
Times change and those who adapt survive.
The novel is maybe not a classic like Ivanhoe,
but it is yet a good teacher of period history
of a little known era.
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