Boudicca ([info]boudiccaswrath) wrote in [info]king_baldwin,
2005-07-14 16:18:00
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Paperback Version...

This is just to let everyone know that there is now a paperback version of Bernard Hamilton's, The Leper King and His Heirs. Amazon sells it for 43.00. I apologize if someone else has already shared this wonderful news.

natalie.

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[info]amyntors_son

July 14 2005, 20:40:30 UTC 6 years ago

43 Silvercoins *g* are very expensive for a paperback book.... I'll buy the hardcover. You only live once ;-)

[info]milady_vilya

July 14 2005, 21:15:39 UTC 6 years ago

I want it!

[info]gallowglassz

July 15 2005, 07:35:11 UTC 6 years ago

i'm glad there is a paperback version. alas i'm still halfway in my savings. ;'[

Anonymous

July 15 2005, 13:43:41 UTC 6 years ago

Thanks for the great news! I'm thinking I'll read a library copy first and then decide whether to go hardback or paperback...

[info]verseblack

July 15 2005, 13:45:29 UTC 6 years ago

Oops, last comment was from me.

[info]silverwhistle

July 17 2005, 10:12:13 UTC 6 years ago

Yes, I've got it! (£24 here in UK). It's excellent - very good historical info on his life and reign, and also on his illness and its treatment. It has family trees and some pictures, although as these are 13-14C manuscript illustrations of that very stereotyped, cartoony type, the characters are not portraits and there are no visible signs of B's illness depicted.

[info]boudiccaswrath

July 17 2005, 13:07:22 UTC 6 years ago

"...although as these are 13-14C manuscript illustrations of that very stereotyped, cartoony type, the characters are not portraits and there are no visible signs of B's illness depicted."

It makes you wonder if there are any depictions of him contemporary to his time period which depict his illness.Their idea of what a leper looked like is hard to miss, heh, makes you think think that lepers went around with what looks like measles.

And I stand by my assertion that if one truly wants to know who Baldwin IV was and what his significance was in history, this book is essential. It is the only decent piece of scholarship out there and anyone who has any true interest cannot escape it. End of story.

[info]silverwhistle

July 17 2005, 13:18:42 UTC 6 years ago

"And I stand by my assertion that if one truly wants to know who Baldwin IV was and what his significance was in history, this book is essential. It is the only decent piece of scholarship out there and anyone who has any true interest cannot escape it. End of story."

Indeed - it' essential for every fangirl's bookshelf!

No, there are no realistic depictions of his condition by contemporary artists: realism wasn't a strong point of 12C art, and also it would have been considered undignified to depict a king in that way.
Also, at least in battle his helmet would have hidden his face, and the chainmail mittens and armoured shoes would have disguised the loss of fingers and toes.
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