The Normans in the South 1016-1130: The Normans in Sicily Volume I - Brossura

Norwich, John Julius

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ISBN 10: 0571340245 ISBN 13: 9780571340248

Casa editrice: Faber and Faber, 2018

Riassunto

Chronicling the 'other Norman invasion', The Normans in the South is the epic story of the House of Hauteville, and in particular Robert Guiscard, perhaps the most extraordinary European adventurer between the times of Caesar and Napoleon. In one year, 1084, he had both the Eastern and Western Emperors retreating before him and one of the most formidable of medieval Popes in his power. His brother, Roger, helped him to conquer Sicily from the Saracens, and his nephew Roger II went on to create the cosmopolitan kingdom whose remaining monuments still dazzle us today. The Normans in the South is the first of two volumes that recount an extraordinary chapter in Italian history.

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Recensione:

Diligence, narrative skill, and a scholarship fired by enthusiasm. (Sunday Telegraph)

Instructive throughout, as well as consistently entertaining. (New York Times Book Review)

I found the book very enjoyable indeed. It is beautifully written. (Nancy Mitford)

Descrizione del libro:

A new paperback edition of the epic story of the Normans in Sicily, volume I -- previously published in Faber Finds.

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• Editore: Faber and Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0571340245
• ISBN 13: 9780571340248
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 400