- Mass Market Paperback
- Publisher: Pan (Jan 1 1962)
- Language: English
- ASIN: B002LXZ0IQ
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A colorful historical novel,
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This review is from: The Conqueror (Paperback)
This is an entertaining, colorful historical novel based on the life of William the Conqueror, as seen from the vantage point of one of his knights. Lively, with plenty of detail, much of it accurate. There are inaccuracies, of course. (William's wife, Matilda, did not create the Bayeux Tapestry.) But all in all, a very good read that gives a good sense of 11th century Normandy and England.
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marvelous historical,
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This review is from: Conqueror (Paperback)
Georgette Heyer is famous for her regency romances but she wrote wonderful historical fiction too and The Conqueror was probably the best of the bunch. It's a thrilling tale of Duke William's climb from an ignoble birth to the king of England. You get paegentry, romance, violence, death and fine writing. I read this book when I was in high school and it remains a favorite of mine.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Heyer doing what she does best!!,
By deb (sudbury, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Conqueror (Paperback)
It often occurs to me that had Heyer been male these rich historic works would have been more appreciated.In this piece we trace William from the room of his birth through one of the most significant and enduring "map-changings" of the last millenium. We see reasons for his behaviour, insight into his relationship with Mathilde, and exquisite detail into the times they lived in. This book is in some ways like My Lord John and An Infamous Army, in that it is so meticulously researched and yet enlivened by personalities, thus saving it from being a boring historic work. Bravo again and again Mme. Rougier! I wish I could have known you and got inside your head.
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