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| | 1. |  | The Return of Martin Guerre
from Harvard University Press
Price: $14.98
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This companion volume to the film (it was written as that, expressly) can be read and enjoyed by someone who's never seen that film. That would be me, as it happens.
A 16th Century peasant named Martin Guerre abandons his wife and child, and disappears from his home area completely for many... more info
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| | 4. |  | The Song of Roland (Penguin Classics)
from Penguin Classics
Price: $10.40
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The Song of Roland describes in heroically exaggerated but still inwardly factual terms the invasion of Spain by Charlemagne, and the service of his heroic commander Roland. Composed some twelve-hundred years ago and holding up well for current tastes, The Song of Roland flows along well and hits... more info
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| | 6. |  | Holy Blood, Holy Grail
from Dell
Price: $7.99
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Having loved The Da Vinci Code I'd thought I'd delve deeper since Holy Blood Holy Grail was the inspiration for it. Big mistake. This was an absolutely exhausting book to read. It seems to go on for over 300 pages of endless genealogies before it gets to the main hypothesis. It's an extremely slow... more info
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| | 7. |  | A History of the Franks (Penguin Classics)
from Penguin Classics
Price: $12.24
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This book is a valuable resource for any Dark Ages historian or anyone seeking good primary source material on early Germanic peoples. It requires, however, that you understand why Gregory writes this work in the first place. Gregory's goal, from what I interpreted, is to distance the Franks from... more info
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| | 9. |  | The Life of Charlemagne (Ann Arbor Paperbacks)
from University of Michigan Press
Price: $11.65
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King Charles the Great, more commonly known as Charlemagne, was the first truly great leader of France. His reign was one of great expansion as he created a French nation that controlled nearly all of Western Europe. Charlemagne was a great military commander and one who appreciated learning, he did... more info
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| | 10. |  | The Art of Memory
from University Of Chicago Press
Price: $24.30
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I consider this one of the most important books I have ever read. It changed my views on ancient and medieval architecture, memory, and the mind. Specifically, this book is the history of the art of memory. It is about how in the age before books or wide-spread literacy, human beings were able to... more info
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