Review: A Good finish to a great series.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 26, 2013
Seeking Jerusalem (The Normans) by HA Culley is a good solid climax to an enjoyable well research series about the Norman Conquest. It is a violent period of Western History and HA Culley gives us a realistic view of the clash of to great cultures. Their are none of the trappings of "Arthurian Chivalry" and glorious knights battling to Save the "Holy Land" for Christendom.It was hard fighting, hard choices and lots of politics and personal failings. It is tempered but still a look at the Crusade with clearer eyes. Culley brings the story full circle back to England ending in an epilogue that is satisfying the legacy of the House of De Cuille. Unfortunately the Author says this is the last book of the series, I am disappointed in that I would love to see him continue through the Reign of Henry III and Edward the I "Longshanks". Culley's treatment of the Border conflicts with Scotland is great and I would love read his views of William Wallace and Robert Bruce. Good Luck with the new adventure into Babylon.