January 1067. Charismatic bishop Odo of Bayeux commissions a wall hanging, on a scale never seen before, to celebrate the conquest of Britain by... read full description
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Nov 04, 2011
I have to admit I struggled a bit with this book and it took me a lot longer than a book of this length should have. There is nothing per se "wrong" with it, I just had difficulty completing it. Not a book for those who take offence in a certain type of graphic language (which doesnt cover me), this is the story of Bishop Odo (brother of William the Bastard aka William the Conqueror) and the woman Gyltha, who he takes as his mistress after she is one of the women hired to start work o
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Jul 02, 2008
Cenoura do Lado
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Só para não me esquecer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDaB-NNyM...
http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/
http://hastings1066.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayeux_Tape...
Leitura conjunta com a Ana O., Ana T. e Oriana, agendada para o fim de Maio.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDaB-NNyM...
http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/
http://hastings1066.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayeux_Tape...
Leitura conjunta com a Ana O., Ana T. e Oriana, agendada para o fim de Maio.
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Nov 07, 2010
Mrsgaskell
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Jan 15, 2009
Ana T.
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Links "roubados" da Cenoura para futura referência...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org....
http://hastings1066.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B...
Although I overall enjoyed my reading of The Needle In The Blood when I started it I was hoping for a book on the Bayeux Tapestry and now that I've finished it it feels the tapestry was just a small part of this story. In that sense I was a bit disappointe More...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org....
http://hastings1066.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B...
Although I overall enjoyed my reading of The Needle In The Blood when I started it I was hoping for a book on the Bayeux Tapestry and now that I've finished it it feels the tapestry was just a small part of this story. In that sense I was a bit disappointe More...
Dec 09, 2010
Yumicho
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I am not an avid reader of historical fiction although I have read a few books from this genre. I did enjoy this book despite it having a slight high brow bodice ripper feel to it. I found it hard to put down and it really made me interested in this period of history.
Jun 19, 2008
Florbela
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My feelings towards this book are divided. Although I did enjoyed the book after (around) the one hundred page, especially the romance between Odo and Gytha, I was expecting a lot more. I found the first pages a bit boring because the author writes a lot of unnecessary details, I think. I was also expecting the story to develop more around the making of the Bayeux Tapestry, something like what happens in The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracey Chevalier, but it wasn't so. The tapestry is just a smal
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Apr 26, 2011
Christina
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This book combines two of my interests: British history and needlework.
Aug 11, 2011
Fleur
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This books takes some time for you to get used to, but once you've started it, you can't put it down. Amazing read.
Sep 12, 2011
Amanda
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Some nice period details. I wished for more of an ending to the story. Some bits felt a little disjointed - as though I had missed part of the story or it had been edited out.
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