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Sto caricando le informazioni... Essex Dogs: Roman (originale 2022; edizione 2024)di Dan Jones (Autor), Heike Schlatterer, Wolfram Ströle
Informazioni sull'operaEssex Dogs di Dan Jones (2022)
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. I have been a fan of Dan Jones since I read his history of the Plantagenets. His foray into historical fiction at the beginning of what would become the Hundred Years War starts with action and doesn't slow down. The main characters, the Dogs, are introduced in a way that doesn't slow down the narrative but you still get to know each one through their different personalities. I look forward to his next volume in the series. And I really want to know more about the Scotsman. The beginning of the Hundred Years' War [14th century] in France told through the device of a small group of mercenary soldiers, rampaging, burning. killing, and pillaging, through France, starting from landing at the beaches of Normandy, climaxing at the battle of Crecy. Exciting but I did not like so much dirty language. I did like the epigraphs at the beginning of each chapter, taken from contemporary chronicles, that summed up the action in each chapter.
"Essex Dogs is an impressive, five-star debut. Its pace is just right, the author has excellent knowledge of the period and its leading characters are wonderfully flawed and plausible." "It will be hard to top those scenes in Jones' planned sequels." "Journalist and historian Jones (The Plantagenets) makes his fiction debut with a rousing story of the Hundred Years War, the first in a projected trilogy." Appartiene alle SeriePremi e riconoscimentiMenzioni
Fiction.
Literature.
Thriller.
Historical Fiction.
HTML:The New York Times bestselling historian makes his historical fiction debut with an explosive novel set during the Hundred Years' War. July 1346. Ten men land on the beaches of Normandy. They call themselves the Essex Dogs: an unruly platoon of archers and men-at-arms led by a battle-scarred captain whose best days are behind him. The fight for the throne of the largest kingdom in Western Europe has begun. Heading ever deeper into enemy territory toward Crécy, this band of brothers knows they are off to fight a battle that will forge nations, and shape the very fabric of human lives. But first they must survive a bloody war in which rules are abandoned and chivalry itself is slaughtered. Rooted in historical accuracy and told through an unforgettable cast, Essex Dogs delivers the stark reality of medieval war on the ground â?? and shines a light on the fighters and ordinary people caught in the storm. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)823.92Literature English English fiction Modern Period 2000-Classificazione LCVotoMedia:
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Krieg ist ein schmutziges Geschäft und ganz besonders im Mittelalter ist es so. Die, welche weit unten in der Hackordnung stehen, müssen am meisten aushalten. Doch natürlich wollen sie überleben und ertragen das gefährliche und blutige Söldnerdasein.
Manches mag uns beim Lesen befremdlich und grausam erscheinen, doch ich denke, dass man unter den Verhältnissen während eines Krieges abstumpft und sich nicht mehr viele Gedanken darüber macht, wenn es hart und brutal zur Sache geht. Das alles ist klar und deutlich beschrieben und macht einen betroffen oder stößt sogar ab.
So schlimm auch viele Begebenheiten dargestellt sind, wird das durch schwarzen Humor und Sarkasmus wieder aufgelockert.
Die Charaktere sind authentisch und gut beschrieben, aber der ein oder andere hätte ruhig etwas mehr Tiefe haben können. Auch wenn die Männer rücksichtslos alles niedermetzeln, so gibt es doch auch Personen, die einem fast sympathisch sind.
Am Ende gibt es einige lose Fäden, die neugierig auf die Fortsetzung machen.
Ich hatte schon lange keinen Roman mehr gelesen, der im Mittelalter spielt, aber mir hat dieses Buch gut gefallen und ich habe es gerne gelesen. ( )