"Book Review: Richard the Lionheart by W.B. Bartlett." Topic

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Tango01

25 Oct 2019 9:40 p.m. PST

"I very much enjoyed Bartlett's book on King Cnut. It was a very incisive work that offered a different view of medieval England. However in starting his new biography of Richard the Lionheart I was set very quickly on my guard.

To begin with Bartlett is a writer attempting to create readable and engaging history, which involves giving snappy, sharp opinion and lively narrative, but in so doing he is faced with the issue of conveying alien concepts that were once seen as normal to a readership over 800 years removed, without the taint of personal opinion…."

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