Broadview Editions The History of the Kings of Britain, (Paperback)

from beelzebubba

Have you ever heard of the Reduced Shakespeare Company? They were a comedy troupe who specialized in abbreviated versions of Shakespeare's plays. Supposedly, they hold the record for the quickest performance of Hamlet, clocking in at 43 seconds. Impressive, huh? No less impressive is Geoffrey of ...

from stillatim

There are too many things to review here. Geoffrey's history is refreshingly well written for a medieval latin work, and the translation is very well done. It's not, of course, 'history' in any sense, and it can be pretty hard work slogging through the parts that don't deal with dramatic or fabul...

from DinadansFriend

An example of the murky boundary between history and romance in Plantagenet times. This is good entertainment, a racy history that would please the Plantagenet court. Modern research has disproved almost everything in it, but it remains an artefact of the period. it definitely provided the basis ...

from imamura.s

I have interesting in Britain`s history. So I read this book. Britain` history is brilliant. but this history have many pains and many pepole` sacrifice. And Britain start democratic government. This is geart thing. becouse Britain extended democratic.

from Loptsson

A version of the history of Britain that everybody needs to read at one point or another. At times it can be a bit boring, but for the most part it is very interesting and moves briskly. Trying to match events in account with current records can be challenging, and well that is part of the fun of...