A Fool And His Money : Life in a Partitioned Medieval Town EPUB
by Ann Wroe
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Few books have captured the atmosphere of daily medieval life as well or as movingly as A Fool and His Money.
Rodez, in southern France, was divided for centuries by a feud between two masters.
This partitioned town thus acquired two distinct cultures.
The story focuses on the strange case of Peyre Marques, a merchant who forgets where he has buried his gold.
To read A Fool and His Money is like opening a shutter on to a sunlit medieval street teeming with characters, talk and noise - all coloured with the vibrancy of truth. --'Wroe is an excellent historian and an engaging writer with a beady eye for detail and an attractive turn of phrase.
Best of all, she conveys a true feeling for the recreation of period and persons and place' Daily Telegraph --'History lives best when it is loved, and nobody who reads this book can doubt the author's love of her subject' Sunday Telegraph
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- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:28/02/2011
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:256 pages
- Publisher:Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:28/02/2011
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- ISBN:9781409008491