The Byzantine Empire rules in Southern Italy, but the indigenous populations are restless. The Lombards are no exception to this. One of their number, Arduin of Fassano, is appointed by a young Byzantine general to hold the key to Apulia. He is unaware that Arduin intends to join his Lombard brethren and rise up in revolt, hiring to aid him the Norman mercenaries of Campania. Led by William de Hauteville, the eldest of five mercenary brothers, the Normans cross into Apulia intent on more than aiding revolt: they are seeking land and titles for themselves. Will the might of the Byzantine Empire crush Arduin’s Lombard revolt? Or will the treachery that stalks the lands favour the Normans?
© 2011 Soundings (Ljudbok): 9781407923987
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 1 mars 2011
The Byzantine Empire rules in Southern Italy, but the indigenous populations are restless. The Lombards are no exception to this. One of their number, Arduin of Fassano, is appointed by a young Byzantine general to hold the key to Apulia. He is unaware that Arduin intends to join his Lombard brethren and rise up in revolt, hiring to aid him the Norman mercenaries of Campania. Led by William de Hauteville, the eldest of five mercenary brothers, the Normans cross into Apulia intent on more than aiding revolt: they are seeking land and titles for themselves. Will the might of the Byzantine Empire crush Arduin’s Lombard revolt? Or will the treachery that stalks the lands favour the Normans?
© 2011 Soundings (Ljudbok): 9781407923987
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 1 mars 2011
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Pheobe
21 feb. 2022
Fantastic story. And mostly a true one. It get's a little too detailed though, with all the names of ppl and places, for me to be able to fully take it in. I wish I'd read it, in stead of listened...
Bjarne.W.
30 dec. 2020
High quality historical book with a nice view of political intrigue in Europe when things really moved after the Vikings(Normands) was making the transition to knighthood and where involved in Italian/French/East & West Roman Empire / Byzantine as they struggle in medieval Europe.Excellent narrator.
Todd
1 maj 2024
Mycket bra skildring av en historisk händelse. Spännande och smart.
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