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Indlæser... God and my right (1955)af Duggan
Work InformationGod and My Right af Alfred Duggan (1955)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Thomas a Becket is not my favourite historical Character, but, if Duggan takes a run at telling his story, I will give it a read. Though not as punchy as the Richard Burton- Peter O'Toole film (theJean Anouilh' stageplay made movie) It is a good version of what happened between Henry II and his Archbishop of Canterbury. ( ) The title is the motto of the Royal Arms of Great Britain ( Notes from Amazon: The clash of the Two Swords, of spiritual and temporal power, rings through the 12th century. In England its most famous instance was the dispute between Henry II and the Archbishop of Canterbury, a complicated story which cannot be understood unless the backgrounds of the two antagonists are brought to life. - Amazon blurb Not one of Alfred's better books, but a worthy member of everyone's "the Plantagenets, and why I don't Trust them", Library. I think Thomas is often visited in English historicals, and he's well worth the watch. Certainly this is the story of the difficulty of being a vassal to Henry the Second, and God, at the same time. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
The clash of the Two Swords, of spiritual and temporal power, rings through the 12th century. In England its most famous instance was the dispute between Henry II and the Archbishop of Canterbury, a complicated story which cannot be understood unless the backgrounds of the two antagonists are brought to life. The boyhood of the ambitious Thomas of Cheapside and the conquest of the country by the passionate young King: their early friendship; the development of the rift between them; the many attempts to find a formula of reconciliation; and finally the murder in Canterbury and its aftermath, are all brilliantly enacted under the direction of this extraordinary author. 'It is rather as though the talents which made I, Claudius and The Forsyte Saga were fused into a single, quite new and individual creation' Evelyn Waugh in The Spectator 'Mr Duggan has a marvellously wry quality in his writing' Sunday Times 'A dramatic novel of the struggle between the spiritual and temporal powers in England in the twelfth century . . . As a reconstruction of the period this is marvellously well done.' Sphere 'A remarkable reconstruction' Observer No library descriptions found. |
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