The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream

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It was always going to be mostly about the aristocracy (of which the author is a part) but the extent is annoying as it must have oversimplified the events. The problem, as previously stated, is that it is not memorable and therefore doesn’t truly educate or impact the reader. Women who wore images of Hamas paragliders taking part in the attack on Israel to be charged - but they.

The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I

A podcast where Spencer talked about a weird situation in which courtiers knew about the white ship crash ahead of the king and we’re afraid to tell him, so they had to hide their own grief until someone mustered up the courage to tell him. The other experts on the trip were engineer and physicist Dr Alexy Karenowska and marine archaeology specialists Giles Richardson and Holger Schumann.He was a reporter on NBC's Today show from 1986 until 1995, and is the author of seven books, including the Sunday Times bestsellers Blenheim: Battle for Europe (shortlisted for History Book of the Year, National Book Awards) and Killers of the King: The Men Who Dared to Execute Charles I. A complicated civil war is going on with simultaneous events occurring across England and Normandy yet it is this section where the book rushes and I found the book began to jump backwards and forwards in time to deal with Out of a 900-year-old moment of heart-stopping tragedy, Charles Spencer conjures an exhilarating narrative full of incident and insight. The raucous, arrogant young prince had made a party of the voyage, carousing with his companions and pushing wine into the eager hands of the crew.

White Ship Divers find The Tragic White Ship

The White Ship set out a few hours after Henry’s vessel, its crew boasting that they would soon overtake it. All but one of those aboard died, including the king’s only male heir 17-year-old William Aetheling and his sister Matilda la Perche. What follows is centuries of intrigue, scheming, violence, greed, opportunism etc; something for everybody.Scuba divers who had been hoping to locate the wreck have now reported finding far more than the scattered remnants they had hoped for. That said, I'm really glad he wrote this because I probably wouldn't have read a history about this period otherwise. None of the figures (not even Henry I) or the events discussed in “The White Ship” come ‘alive’ and therefore the straight-forward academia is all that merits “The White Ship”. Shani Louk's brother reveals 'our whole family crashed' when they saw her being paraded by Hamas 'spitting.

The White Ship” by Charles Spencer (Review. England History) “The White Ship” by Charles Spencer (Review. England History)

Spencer explores every aspect of the tragedy from the actual event, logistics and important figures who met their deaths in the cold seas; to the psychological and political aftermath (such as the court positions up for grabs from those who passed) and the impact on the monarchial landscape. Spencer’s “The White Ship” begins laying the foundation of the Norman Conquest under William the Conqueror (Henry’s father), the political landscape of the reign and the arguing between the brothers (William’s sons) Robert, William Rufus and Henry. Exactly 900 years ago last autumn, the English crown was rocked by the greatest maritime tragedy ever to afflict this kingdom. Richard FitzStephen, the skipper of a splendid vessel, the Blanche-Nef, stepped forward to greet the king.The author explains quite concisely the tremendous role which the man played in his country’s history, and what’s more, he essentially manages to make an exciting display out of his story worthy of a great novel. It took the king’s life before he could utter a word – a fitting end, many thought, for a man famed for his assaults on the Church and its great wealth; deprived of confession by the fatal arrow, Rufus’ eternal damnation seemed guaranteed. Taking us back to 1120, it presents us with a narrative which explores the sinking of the titular ship, with members of royal families on-board, and its consequences in relation to the Norman Conquest as well as the decades of civil war that followed. While we had hoped to find some archaeological evidence of the wreck, we knew the chances were slim due to the long passage of time and the strong tidal currents in the area. She was hosting an international group of history enthusiasts on a tour learning about the queens of England.

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Contrary to his brothers, his prospects for the future seemed rather dim, but that didn’t stop him from going on a historical ascension to the English throne, becoming one of Europe’s most powerful figures. Everyone on board - bar one lucky butcher - was killed, leading to a succession crisis and civil war in England. The week in audio: The Coldest Case in Laramie; Carol and Muriel; The Rabbit Hole Detectives and more". A French butcher who had boarded to try to recover debts was the sole survivor and provided an eye-witness account of the disaster. He is the younger brother of Diana, Princess of Wales, and is the maternal uncle of William, Prince of Wales and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex.

The White Ship” is a well-conceived book in theory but completely misses its target and rather offers a slow text lacking cohesive strands making it one of Spencer’s weaker works (the worst one, in my opinion).