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The time in Hastings, England is 1066 precisely. Duke William of Normandy may have just won the most recent battle in the area but he has mislaid something precious; something so precious no one must even know it is missing.
He carefully assembles a team for a secret mission of recovery, (the assembly is careful, not the team), and he sends them forth to the north.
But his secret is already out and another band has the treasure in their sights.
In a race across a savage land, against the clock and against one another, two forces hurtle towards a finale of cataclysmic proportions; all in 29 concise and entertaining chapters.
Find out what the treasure is. Find out who gets it first. Find out what happens to everyone afterwards. Find out some other stuff. Containing several facts and a brief appearance by a monk; it could have happened, it might have happened... but probably didn't.
Out of the Scriptorium comes an extraordinary history.
A book so epic it has a map.
The author of the world's best selling medieval crime comedy series has done something amazing he has written another book.
International best selling, prize winning author, Howard of Warwick, has taken the Battle of Hastings and added meticulous fabrication to weave an explosive, controversial and hilarious tale which will have historians up and down the country throwing their slide rules at the radio.
And now there's volume II The Domesday Book (Still Not That One). Some people just don't know when to give up...
Now with slips of the quill removed by Betty.
The Domesday Book No Not That One A Tale of 1066ish Book 1 edition by Howard of Warwick Literature Fiction eBooks
This book is a somewhat "Loose" retelling of the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings. Not a funny subject you say?Well, get ready for a wild ride! I will say no more except that in warning, do not, repeat, DO NOT, eat, drink or dare
to read in public this remarkable story. A wonderful, book that helped me get through a miserable, cold winter. It will
cheer the most dour, unless already dead. Cheers everyone!
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The Domesday Book No Not That One A Tale of 1066ish Book 1 edition by Howard of Warwick Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
This book is difficult to categorize, as are all of those of Howard of Warwick. I enjoyed it a great deal, but ass I am fairly well versed in this time period, I found most of it difficult to swallow. Readers should understand that there is a high goofiness quotient in his books, and this one is no exception. That said, the characters are well written and funny; the situations absurdly believable; the timeline realistic (something that can drive readers of historical fiction to distraction); and everything is neatly wrapped up in the end. I would recommend this to anyone willing to laugh at the frequent absurdity of history and its chronicals.
Anyone who can enter with a description of the battle of Hastings that is this fresh and new and fun and actually accurate has something going for him -- but that is the main talent at work here. No character development or real plot - this is farce. SO if that's what you are looking for - buy it. If you want a novel that takes place in the middle ages - look around sone first.
I have already read and enjoyed two other books by Howard of Warwick and enjoyed them immensely, so when I found Domesday, I bought it right away. What a bargain! I have just finished it, reading over a two day period. I think my husband was positive I had gotten into the wine, when he heard me giggling all the time.
I love reading historical novels, which are mostly interesting and sometimes sad. Domesday is a perfect foil, relating a perfectly fictional account of the search for the body of King Harold after the Battle of Hastings. William sends four men to hunt for the body, including a captured Saxon with an attitude. Meanwhile, four men - three Viking and one Saxon with an attitude - come from the north to meet with Harold and assist his escape via longboat. Apparently Harold survived. William's ruse for sending the men into the countryside is to take stock of what his new holdings contain (Domesday - eventually). William doesn't want the Saxons to know Harold has survived. Well formed characters, all with rather twisted personalities and all funny in their way.
Very funny descriptions of things like violent seasickness, Viking bloody-mindedness, Norman bloody-mindedness, cowardice, cunning and Saxon villagers that are quite unimpressed by the whole thing.
Put it on your for just 99 cents - you won't be sorry! Of course, if you have no sense of humor - never mind.
And Howard decides to play fast and loose with the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings. Not too badly, either, if you are a Brother Hermitage fan. Reading much like the math problem about the fly going between two bicycles heading toward one another, Howard lets us readers in on the madness of William the Conqueror, the sociopathy of Le Pedvin, the simplicity of Vikings and the wet countryside that was 11th Century England. All in all an interesting read, though it didn't really give me any insights on The Domesday Book, though I find I'm not really surprised.
No one is safe from the satirical tongue of Howard of Warwick... and hope it continues as more books come forth from that sharp quill! The stated is hilarious. The implied leaves one chuckling. Plenty of action that results in great expectations of lively consequences.
As every English schoolboy knows, King Harold of England died at the Battle of Hastings with an arrow in his eye. Or did he? In this very amusing novel, the body of Harold is not found at the battle scene and William the Conqueror, the winner of the battle, sends three rather inept men to scour the countryside in search of him. ("Anybody here seen a guy riding around with an arrow sticking out of his eye?") As they ride north in their search, three equally inept Vikings are walking south (Vikings don't do horses) in a search to rescue Harold. Will they succeed? Is Harold still alive and can he rally the Saxons to drive the Normans out of England? You will have to read this book to find out. (Unless you have already read a history book.)
The humor in this book is very well done. There are many brilliant one liners thrown in - "... so dumb he couldn't pass the test for village idiot"- and situations are hilarious without being so ridiculous as to pass beyond belief. I enjoyed all the various characters who were humorous in their own different ways. I was a bit disappointed in some of the Brother Hermitage novels written by this author as the humor was too forced and some was plain stupid but this book is a marvelous treasury of brilliant humor.
Be prepared to laugh as the consistent and well developed characters slog their way through England after the Battle of Hastings. There is humor throughout, from the pedantic Ranulf (who bores everyone to death with his detailed planning and negative observations), to a wary Norman who stays on the fringes of battles and confrontations and can't tell the difference between "hit in the eye" and "hit in the thigh". The story has an unexpected ending, which adds to the humor, but the journey? Great fun.
If you need a break from serious characters and detailed battle scenes found in many novels about historic peoples and their battles, read this.
This book is a somewhat "Loose" retelling of the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings. Not a funny subject you say?
Well, get ready for a wild ride! I will say no more except that in warning, do not, repeat, DO NOT, eat, drink or dare
to read in public this remarkable story. A wonderful, book that helped me get through a miserable, cold winter. It will
cheer the most dour, unless already dead. Cheers everyone!
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