The White Ship a Story of the Twelfth Century Titanic
- Authors
- KT FANNING
- Publisher
- KT FANNING
- Tags
- titanic , white ship ship of dreams normandy english channel , henry i maritime disasters middle ages , fanning
- Size
- 0.38 MB
- Lang
- en
The White Ship was the twelfth century Titanic, the most catastrophic maritime disaster of the Middle Ages. When she foundered, all souls but one perished.
At the dawn of England's history, King Henry the First established peace and justice in Normandy. A cultural creative renaissance emerged which intermingled Anglo Saxon and Norman legacies. The White Ship brings to life the colorful era of England's last Saxon king.
King Henry's son, Prince William the Atheling, embodied the hope of a shining future, a dream that would be shattered when Henry's illegitimate first-born son, Robert of Gloucester, involved his cousin Stephen in a dark conspiracy to kill the prince and seize control of the throne of England.
The tale of The White Ship unfolds through the eyes of three childhood friends: its builder and captain, Thomas Fitz Stephen, his best friend Sir Martin of the forest, and the woman they both love, the Lady Wandrille.
Nearly 800 years before the...