Project Gutenberg 2004-12-03 Public domain in the USA. 74 Ferrar, William John 1868 Piffard, Harold 1867 1938 The Fall of the Grand Sarrasin Being a Chronicle of Sir Nigel de Bessin, Knight, of Things that Happed in Guernsey Island, in the Norman Seas, in and about the Year One Thousand and Fifty-Seven Reading ease score: 81.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Steven Gibbs, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Fall of the Grand Sarrasin" by William John Ferrar is a historical novel likely composed in the late 19th century. The book chronicles the adventures of Sir Nigel de Bessin, a young knight from Guernsey Island, set against the backdrop of 11th-century Norman conflict, focusing on his struggles against the infamous Grand Sarrasin and his marauding pirates. The narrative explores themes of chivalry, bravery, and the quest for identity in a tumultuous world. At the start of the tale, Sir Nigel de Bessin reflects on his upbringing among the monks of the Vale in Guernsey and the choice he faces between a life of scholarship or that of a warrior. The preface introduces his motivations for writing a chronicle of his past, particularly for his grandchildren. In the opening chapters, we see Nigel's transition from a sheltered life to one filled with challenges as he encounters tales of the Sarrasin pirates. After a series of events leads him to seek help from Archbishop Maugher, he discovers the growing threats to his homeland and resolves to defend it vigorously. The tensions between the calm of monastic life and the violent reality of piracy set the stage for the unfolding conflict, foreshadowing Nigel's future exploits as he is drawn into a battle for his island. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Middle Ages -- Fiction Guernsey (Channel Islands) -- Fiction PR Text Browsing: History - Medieval/The Middle Ages Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 234974 234942 2024-10-06T11:56:32.683078 2023-10-06T12:15:55.664787 text/html text/html 237881 2020-12-18T19:46:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 210702 2020-12-18T19:46:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 289345 2024-10-06T11:56:40.421001 application/epub+zip 292237 2024-10-06T11:56:36.097983 application/epub+zip 153313 2024-10-06T11:56:34.657017 application/epub+zip 448283 2024-10-06T11:56:43.712967 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 423315 2024-10-06T11:56:39.549024 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 197555 2022-09-07T15:16:38.576863 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 209342 209238 2024-10-06T11:56:32.022021 2023-10-06T12:15:55.124812 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 209367 2020-12-18T19:46:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 81915 2020-12-18T19:46:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 209351 2020-12-18T19:46:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 81873 2020-12-18T19:46:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22274 2024-10-06T11:56:43.856949 application/rdf+xml 13759 2024-10-06T11:56:35.232990 image/jpeg 3440 2024-10-06T11:56:34.942008 image/jpeg 285745 2024-10-06T11:56:32.715008 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia