Hoodsman: Popes and Emperors
โ Scribed by Smith, Skye
- Book ID
- 109830881
- Publisher
- Skye Smith
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 154 KB
- Series
- The Hoodsman 11
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781927699102
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
By 1081, Normans are leaving England to join the Norman duke of the southern half of Italy, who is invading Byzantine Illyria (now Albania). The English warriors who were pushed out of England by the Normans now rally to the Byzantine flag and thus Dyrrhachium becomes the biggest battle ever between English and Normans. It's outcome was pivotal for England, Venice, Rome, and Constantinople.
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