Unusual book
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
Christina Hardyment read history at Cambridge and held the Alistair Horne Writing Fellowship for historians at St Antony's College, where she is now a Senior Associate Member. Since 1983 she has been writing books and journalism on historical, social and literary topics concerned with the family and with the study of authors in their settings.
Review:
"Hardyment.is enthralled by the 15th century and does everything she can to convey the flavor of that era." -- Los Angeles Times Book Review [This] book is a kind of literary exploration...[Hardyment] creates a thrilling epic of her own...enjoyably readable. --Edward Pettit, Philadelphia Inquirer Vivid writing... A richly and imaginatively realized account... Christina Hardyment succeeds wonderfully in bringing the fifteenth century to life. --Times Literary Supplement (London) Camelot echoes marvelously through Hardyment s biography, making palpable Malory s desire for valor and honor in his own time. --Publishers Weekly Hardyment is enthralled by the 15th century and does everything she can to convey the flavor of that era. --Los Angeles Times Book Review "Camelot echoes marvelously through Hardyment's biography, making palpable Malory's desire for valor and honor in his own time."--Publishers Weekly "Hardyment...is enthralled by the 15th century and does everything she can to convey the flavor of that era."--Los Angeles Times Book Review "[This] book is a kind of literary exploration...[Hardyment] creates a thrilling epic of her own...enjoyably readable."--Edward Pettit, Philadelphia Inquirer "Vivid writing... A richly and imaginatively realized account... Christina Hardyment succeeds wonderfully in bringing the fifteenth century to life."--Times Literary Supplement (London)
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherHarperPerennial
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0007114885
- ISBN 13 9780007114887
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages656
-
Rating