- Navigation menu.
- .
- Grimoires: A History of Magic Books;
- Protestantism in England From the Times of Henry VIII: Book 23 (The History of Protestantism)!
- Haunted English Pubs (2013).
- La Bête humaine (Annoté) (French Edition);
- Our Lady of Perpetual Succour LOOKING FOR ANGELS.
Technically, the poem is written in ten-syllable lines, with strong pauses in the middle of each, and ending in assonances or what might seem to us "bad rhymes". Lines are divided into stanzas or laisses of no fixed length. The language of the poem is Old French, i.
The plot is a wildly fictionalized version of the Battle of Roncevalles or Roncevaux Pass that was fought as Charlemagne's army left Muslim-controlled Spain in In the opening scene, the Spanish king Marsile hatches a plot to end his seven-year war with Charlemagne by pretending to convert to Christianity and become his vassal. Receiving the Spanish messengers, Charlemagne and his barons debate who to send to Marsile.
Our hero Roland volunteers his stepfather Ganelon, to his outrage. The Spaniards fall upon the rearguard led by Roland, the other eleven paladins, and Turpin, the sword-wielding archbishop. All looks lost for the Muslims, until the Emir arrives with an enormous fleet of troop transports. Thus, we have a family conflict, nested within a conflict between France and Spain, nested within a world war between Cross and Crescent.
It can be found online here , and in an English translation here.
Sons of Roland
The writing is often rude and crude, but always entertaining. I am so glad this was the book I chose as my first in this genre. Dan C rated it it was amazing Dec 03, Fantasy Island Book Publishing added it Dec 23, Kristen rated it it was amazing Nov 30, Jamaal Solomon rated it it was amazing Dec 03, Morgan rated it liked it Dec 27, Anastasia Geffe rated it liked it Apr 11, Ken rated it really liked it Oct 28, Sharon Desruisseaux rated it it was amazing Oct 14, Douglas rated it it was amazing Dec 04, Heather rated it really liked it Dec 29, Michael rated it it was amazing Dec 03, Patty rated it it was amazing Dec 01, Aleka rated it it was amazing Apr 04, Paul rated it it was amazing Dec 06, Camille rated it it was amazing Nov 30, Miu rated it really liked it Nov 25, Jim rated it it was amazing Nov 30, Stefani rated it did not like it Aug 27, Pame Brennan rated it it was amazing Nov 30, Shaun Allan rated it it was amazing Nov 30, Morrigansclaw rated it it was amazing Nov 30, Sandra Sparr Smithson rated it liked it Dec 27, Gary Hoover rated it it was amazing Aug 29, Crispy rated it did not like it Sep 22, Amelia Paramitha rated it liked it Dec 15, John rated it it was amazing Aug 27, Policy on using shelf names to insult authors?
About Nicole Antonia Carro. Nicole Antonia Carro is an actor, author and playwright. She's been acting since and she wrote her first play in She wrote her first novel in Books by Nicole Antonia Carro.