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| Original Title: | The Walking Drum |
| ISBN: | 0553280406 (ISBN13: 9780553280401) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Mathurin Kerbouchard, Jean Kerbouchard |
Louis L'Amour
Paperback | Pages: 496 pages Rating: 4.23 | 7571 Users | 685 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Walking Drum |
| Author | : | Louis L'Amour |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 496 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 1985 by Bantam (first published May 1st 1984) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Westerns. Adventure |
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Louis L'Amour has been best known for his ability to capture the spirit and drama of the authentic American West. Now he guides his readers to an even more distant frontier--the enthralling lands of the twelfth century. Warrior, lover, and scholar, Kerbouchard is a daring seeker of knowledge and fortune bound on a journey of enormous challenge, danger, and revenge. Across Europe, over the Russian steppes, and through the Byzantine wonders of Constantinople, Kerbouchard is thrust into the treacheries, passions, violence, and dazzling wonders of a magnificent time. From castle to slave galley, from sword-racked battlefields to a princess's secret chamber, and ultimately, to the impregnable fortress of the Valley of Assassins, The Walking Drum is a powerful adventure in an ancient world that you will find every bit as riveting as Louis L'Amour's stories of the American West.Rating Based On Books The Walking Drum
Ratings: 4.23 From 7571 Users | 685 ReviewsRate Based On Books The Walking Drum
This is the 3rd L'Amour book I have read now, and I still do not particularly love his stories. Although I do love L'Amour, because he was a voracious reader, and you tell that he was a great reader in through his books, which I really enjoy. It is just the stories that I find hard to really connect with, maybe because I am girl. :) Several times during The Walking Drum I was rolling my eyes because the hero was so unrealistic! However, I did like getting a feel for the merchant caravans duringAmazing book, my favorite of all time as of right now. Amazingly researched and based on actual facts (not sure on accuracy but it read well) with a gazillion quotable moments. I want to call Louis up and tell him he's really outdone himself.
This was the first Louis L'amour book that I read. My dad said that it was his favorite out of all the authors books so that's the one I started with. I couldn't have picked a better one because now I'm completely hooked and always have at least two of his books in my room,My favorite thing about this book is that it gives a very different view of the middle ages then you get in most history books. The difference is that the main character spends most of his time on the outskirts of Europe
Have you ever read a book that was so dense you'd have to pause your reading every page and give yourself time to absorb what you just read before moving on? This book was the opposite of that. It lacked any weight, any gravitas, any heft at all. Even the pulp-magazines of the 20s and 30s had heftier writing than The Walking Drum, and they were meant to be more expendable.This novel, unlike L'Amour's westerns, has little sense of setting, scale or spectacle. The main character is travelling the
Yep - an actual 5 star rating!! Not because the writing was particularly brilliant (its good, not brilliant). Not because the characterization was particularly genius (its not). The writing at times was even a bit disjointed. But its a 5 star book in my eyes because I know that I'll return to this book again and again over the years and I know that I'll still take something new from it each time. In otherwords its a classic... and one that I need to buy for my library. I literally filled my
The Walking Drum is a historical novel set in 12th century Europe and the Middle East. Mathurin Kerbouchard, the main character, learns that his mother has been murdered in Brittany and that his father is now forced into servitude somewhere east of Baghdad and south of Tehran. Young Kerbouchard begins a long journey in search of revenge for his mothers death and his missing father. Knowing his mother was murdered by Baron de Tournemine, Mathurin immediately looks for a way to temporarily escape
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