The Golden Bird Tapa dura - 1987

Collins, 1987. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. The jacket is a bit torn and marked.Internally clean.Well bound.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

This book has been read, some wear to covers and dust jacket from normal storage. Some stickers and stamps inner pages as this was former library book. Spine intact no creases.

""The Golden Bird" is a magical, vibrant tale of love and power, guilt and grief, set in France towards the end of the tenth century. As A.D. 1000 and the prophesied Day of Judgement approached, Count Fulk of Anjou feared secretly for his soul. A man of strife, he fought to destroy his enemies at Conquereuil and Langeais, but he battled no less grimly with his conscience. His story, interwoven with the rich colours and textures of life at his court of Angers, is seen through the eyes of his young master-mason. Rollo had spent his childhood at the abbey of Jumièges in Normandy, where he lived and worked until Count Fulk sent for him, hearing of his uncanny, untutored gift with stone. Fulk's state of Anjou was threatened on all sides, and he needed Rollo to create forts, castles, garrisons. Buildings for war. After the… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.