The Lords of Navarre: A Basque Family Saga - Couverture souple

Lacambra, Jose

 
9780595311484: The Lords of Navarre: A Basque Family Saga
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595311482 ISBN 13 : 9780595311484
Editeur : iUniverse, 2004

Synopsis

An epic novel of breathtaking scope, The Lords of Navarre is skillfully conceived and masterfully written. It traces a Basque family's history from the last Ice Age to the present, an untold story of a people still speaking the haunting voices of its Cro-Magnon ancestors.Lacambra-Loizu weaves a compelling chronicle of successive generations of Basque warlords who settle in the western Pyrenean uplands. Over the course of centuries, their destinies and fortunes become intertwined with those of Julius Caesar, Charlemagne, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard the Lionheart, the Black Prince, Sancho el Fuerte, Cesare Borgia, and Ferdinand and Isabel of Castile.The Lords of Navarre is an authoritative, meticulously researched account of the Basques, their lives as early hunters and farmers, the dawning of Christianity in their land, their fierce battles to fend off Celts, Romans, Franks, Moors and Castilians from their beloved highlands.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

An epic novel of breathtaking scope, The Lords of Navarre is skillfully conceived and masterfully written. It traces a Basque family's history from the last Ice Age to the present, an untold story of a people still speaking the haunting voices of its Cro-Magnon ancestors.Lacambra-Loizu weaves a compelling chronicle of successive generations of Basque warlords who settle in the western Pyrenean uplands. Over the course of centuries, their destinies and fortunes become intertwined with those of Julius Caesar, Charlemagne, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard the Lionheart, the Black Prince, Sancho el Fuerte, Cesare Borgia, and Ferdinand and Isabel of Castile.The Lords of Navarre is an authoritative, meticulously researched account of the Basques, their lives as early hunters and farmers, the dawning of Christianity in their land, their fierce battles to fend off Celts, Romans, Franks, Moors and Castilians from their beloved highlands.

Biographie de l'auteur

Lacambra-Loizu grew up in the Basque country, graduated from Gettysburg College and earned his Ph.D. in Physics from Duke University. He recently published Rising Sun Blinking, his W.W. II memoirs, and now writes about his people, the Basques. Retired, he lives with his wife, Ann, in Winter Park, Florida.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2004
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595311482
ISBN 13 
9780595311484
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
428
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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Hamburg
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9780595662661: The Lords of Navarre: A Basque Family Saga

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0595662668 ISBN 13 :  9780595662661
Editeur : iUniverse, 2004
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