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Huge disappointment, derivative history and completely lacking in utility.
I must disagree with the overwhelming positive response this book has received from other reviewers.As a history book it is derivative at best offering no new insights or research (including the claim of Edgar Ætheling son of Edmund Ironside as the true king over Harold Godwinson). Sill, the information is presented in an easy and approachable narrative style though it lacks any new historiography.For those looking for insight on the actual manufacture of the tapestry or specifically the needlepoint and evolution of the Bayeux stitch - even the large scale photos of panel segments will disappoint (not to mention the fact that the authors can’t even describe the method accurately: lay-fill laid work, couch, picot).If you are looking for a new suitable scale presentation of the entire tapestry you will be gravely disappointed as the authors chose to present the full tapestry on only six of its 352 pages using a format four strips only 3cm (A little less than an inch and a quarter) high making it both unimpressive and practically useless. See attached photo.Finally, the lack of panel index, so readers can go directly to a specific panel and get the translation and segment of the narrative story depicted, is criminal… Absolutely criminal.There are far better choices of books - both in the historiography of the Norman Conquest and certainly in the presentation and description of the tapestry itself.
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As a history book it is derivative at best offering no new insights or research (including the claim of Edgar Ætheling son of Edmund Ironside as the true king over Harold Godwinson). Sill, the information is presented in an easy and approachable narrative style though it lacks any new historiography.
For those looking for insight on the actual manufacture of the tapestry or specifically the needlepoint and evolution of the Bayeux stitch - even the large scale photos of panel segments will disappoint (not to mention the fact that the authors can’t even describe the method accurately: lay-fill laid work, couch, picot).
If you are looking for a new suitable scale presentation of the entire tapestry you will be gravely disappointed as the authors chose to present the full tapestry on only six of its 352 pages using a format four strips only 3cm (A little less than an inch and a quarter) high making it both unimpressive and practically useless. See attached photo.
Finally, the lack of panel index, so readers can go directly to a specific panel and get the translation and segment of the narrative story depicted, is criminal… Absolutely criminal.
There are far better choices of books - both in the historiography of the Norman Conquest and certainly in the presentation and description of the tapestry itself.
Huge disappointment, derivative history and completely lacking in utility.
Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2021
I must disagree with the overwhelming positive response this book has received from other reviewers.Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2021
As a history book it is derivative at best offering no new insights or research (including the claim of Edgar Ætheling son of Edmund Ironside as the true king over Harold Godwinson). Sill, the information is presented in an easy and approachable narrative style though it lacks any new historiography.
For those looking for insight on the actual manufacture of the tapestry or specifically the needlepoint and evolution of the Bayeux stitch - even the large scale photos of panel segments will disappoint (not to mention the fact that the authors can’t even describe the method accurately: lay-fill laid work, couch, picot).
If you are looking for a new suitable scale presentation of the entire tapestry you will be gravely disappointed as the authors chose to present the full tapestry on only six of its 352 pages using a format four strips only 3cm (A little less than an inch and a quarter) high making it both unimpressive and practically useless. See attached photo.
Finally, the lack of panel index, so readers can go directly to a specific panel and get the translation and segment of the narrative story depicted, is criminal… Absolutely criminal.
There are far better choices of books - both in the historiography of the Norman Conquest and certainly in the presentation and description of the tapestry itself.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2022
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Lucie Johnson
Really interesting read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 16, 2021