'Powerful' The Economist'Fascinating, panoramic . . . Roach brings an expert eye and page-turning energy' Helen Castor, bestselling author of She Wolves'Narrated with pace, clarity, authority and style, Roach's book is a bracing tour of the world that the Normans made their own' Thomas Williams, bestselling author of Viking Britain'A fresh retelling . . . written with enthusiasm and brio' Marc Morris, bestselling author of The Anglo-SaxonsHow did descendants of Viking marauders come to dominate Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East?It is a tale of ambitious adventures and fierce freebooters, of fortunes made and fortunes lost. The Normans made their influence felt across all of western Europe and the Mediterranean, from the British Isles to North Africa, and Lisbon to the Holy Land. In Empires of the Normans we discover how they combined military might and political savvy with deeply held religious beliefs and a profound sense of their own destiny. For a century and a half, they remade Europe in their own image, and yet their heritage was quickly forgotten - until now.
'Powerful' The Economist'Fascinating, panoramic . . . Roach brings an expert eye and page-turning energy' Helen Castor, bestselling author of She Wolves'Narrated with pace, clarity, authority and style, Roach's book is a bracing tour of the world that the Normans made their own' Thomas Williams, bestselling author of Viking Britain'A fresh retelling . . . written with enthusiasm and brio' Marc Morris, bestselling author of The Anglo-SaxonsHow did descendants of Viking marauders come to dominate Europe, the Mediterranean and the Middle East?It is a tale of ambitious adventures and fierce freebooters, of fortunes made and fortunes lost. The Normans made their influence felt across all of western Europe and the Mediterranean, from the British Isles to North Africa, and Lisbon to the Holy Land. In Empires of the Normans we discover how they combined military might and political savvy with deeply held religious beliefs and a profound sense of their own destiny. For a century and a half, they remade Europe in their own image, and yet their heritage was quickly forgotten - until now.
Dr Levi Roach is a lecturer at the University of Exeter. He studied at Trinity College, Cambridge, before completing his PhD at Ruprecht-Karls-Universitat Heidelberg. He is the author of thelred the Unready, winner of the Longman-History Today Prize and the Labarge Prize.
From Viking raiders to rulers of the Mediterranean, the Normans
dominated and dazzled medieval Europe. In this fascinating,
panoramic account, Levi Roach brings an expert eye and page-turning
energy to the telling of their extraordinary story
*Helen Castor, bestselling author of 'She Wolves'*
Narrated with pace, clarity, authority and style, Roach's book is a
bracing tour of the world that the Normans made their own
*Thomas Williams, bestselling author of 'Viking Britain'*
A fresh retelling of the story of the Normans, across all their
theatres of operation - academically up-to-the-minute, sound in its
judgements, and written with enthusiasm and brio
*Marc Morris, bestselling author of 'The Anglo Saxons'*
How the Normans shaped the Europe we live in today is a huge and
gripping subject, brilliantly illuminated here in all its
continent-wide human drama by a masterful historian and
story-teller
*Peter Stanford*
Informed by the latest research, Roach reveals the history of the
Norman conquests - from England to the Holy Land - in a pacy and
character-driven account of a people who defined an era
*Sophie Ambler*
By telling the story from their perspective and following them
wherever they went . . . Mr Roach gives a powerful account of how
prowess in combat, shrewd alliance-building, low cunning and sheer
chutzpah let them punch above their numerical weight
*The Economist*
Roach's writing is clear, concise and open to any reader willing to
learn more . . . After drinking from Roach's refreshing Norman
cider cup . . . they will learn much and travel far
*Literary Review*
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