The Forest Dwellers edition by Judith Arnopp Literature Fiction eBooks
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The People The New Forest are persecuted, evicted from their homes and forced to live in exile from the lands Saxons have inhabited for generations. Life is hard. The Norman interlopers are hated.
Twelve years after the Norman invasion, three soldiers are molesting a forest girl who is fairer than any they have ever seen. Leo stops the attack in the only way he can ...violently. His actions that day trigger a chain of events that will end only with the death of a king.
The Forest Dwellers is a tale of oppression, sexual manipulation and vengeance.
The Forest Dwellers edition by Judith Arnopp Literature Fiction eBooks
Judith Arnopp is a writer I have recently discovered and so far I have enjoyed each one.Arnopp does very fine research and utilizes a blend of both historic and fictional characters as in this tale of the post Norman Conquest and The New Forest. Walter Tyrell and his brother- in- laws the de Clares had been part of the hunting party where King William Rufus lost his life butneither had any reason to wish him dead.Conventional wisdom today is that his brother, who became King Henry I, had the most to gain.The brothers were not at all close and their father William had divided his property in a way that invited quarrels.William Rufus had made many enemies both in the Forest that he cleared to make his hunting preserve and in the kingdom that his father had won.
Aelf and Alys who were the main characters as well as being fictional served the authors purposes very well by removing the need to change historical facts.A delightful book and quite well done
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The Forest Dwellers edition by Judith Arnopp Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
An interesting look at Saxon lives under the Norman rule. I enjoyed reading this story and all that the characters had to endure. The story speaks of a people surviving under immense pressures and still carrying on.
The novel addresses the circumstances of Saxon forest dwellers and the radical change in circumstance suffered at the Norman conquest. This novel offers a compelling look into the lives of these people at this time.
This was a very good book I enjoyed it a lot . It was interesting seeing each characters point of view. I had a hard time putting it down .I will be looking for more by Judith Arnopp .
Great novel of the Norman invasion in the middle ages. Each chapter or section is the personal story of each individual character which gives a whole lot more to the tale than the average book. free download
The Forest Dwellers chronicles the lives of the common people 11 years after the Battle of Hastings. The Normans not only conquered Harold, they pillaged the land and subjugated the people.
The forest dwellers have lived in the forest for generations, growing crops, hunting small animals and building homesteads. William has decided the forest is solely his, for his hunting pleasure. The fences surrounding crops are torn down, berries and acorns are forbidden foods, firewood and turf for warmth is prohibited and, most important to the king, hunting wildlife or fishing is the greatest transgression. Hunting dogs large enough to run down venison must have their front claws and fangs removed.
All in all, the forest dwellers are reduced to extreme poverty, hunger, misery, living in hovels and the constant threat of the Normans destroying what little they have.
There is one common thread that runs through The Forest Dwellers Alys. The daughter of a charcoal burner, she is rescued by brothers from certain rape by Normans. Leo, the oldest brother and head of the household, kills two of the Normans attacking her. They take her home to her father. Not longer after, she shows up at the brothers' holding and there she remains, saying her father was taken by the Normans for poaching.
Alys is different from other girls in the forest. She has blonde hair, beauty, the lithe body of a young girl and a sensuality she knows how to optimize. She captivates all the brothers' attention but saves her attentions for Leo. Alys is a practical girl, knowing her body and sensual skills are her best options for survival. Abused by her father, she expects no different from any other man. In fact, she purposely chooses her lovers based on what side of the bread the butter is lathered. The Forest Dwellers begins and ends with Alys.
The Normans, refusing to give up their quest for the slayer of the two would-be rapists, eventually discover Leo is the culprit and come to arrest him. Fortunately, Leo is not home at the time, however, the youngest, AElf, and Alys, are and must survive on their own. In their flight from the Normans, AElf and Alys leave behind another 2 dead Normans, along with another bleeding and presumably not long for the world. They have left the king's son, Richard, to die. A brother leads AElf and Alys, with their meager possessions, deep into the forest to an encampment of dispossessed forest dwellers. Leo eventually finds them.
A plan is hatched to regain their lands from the Normans, but the forest dwellers are untrained fighters and lack equipment. The outcome is inexorable. The Normans win the battle, defeating the forest dwellers lead by Leo, handily. AElf's brothers perish, with Leo dragged off the field by a bolting horse. Alys and AElf are all that remain to each other when the Normans inevitably claim the rebellers as slaves.
Not is all as it seems in The Forest Dwellers. There are hidden truths and personal agendas. Disagreements over loyalty strain relationships. Distrust is rampant and near impossible to overcome. Such are the lives of The Forest Dwellers under the rule of the Normans.
The Forest Dwellers is written in an unusual method, through the first person point of view of various characters. At times when a new character takes over the story, there will be a repetition of previous events from that character's point of view. Sometimes, the new character simply carries on with the story.
For me, the plot felt disjointed by the overlapping or changing point of views. It was difficult to become engaged by any one particular character, as he or she was not on the stage long. After realizing the entire novel was written in this manner, I stopped attempting to get into a character's psyche. This is a tough plot device to pull off successfully. I've read a few other novels written in the same fashion and finished feeling the same way somewhat ripped off because I never had the opportunity to get to know any one character indepth.
Judith Arnopp is an excellent writer, but her skill could not overcome the plot disparity.
The author's decision to tell this tale from several different (but related) points of view results in a rich tapestry, each voice coming into the mix and adding its own distinct personality to the whole. There is some temporal overlap (one character describes his or her view of something a previous character has already described), but that does not result in redundancy; rather, it adds layers and nuances of meaning. Overall, each voice moves the story along beyond the point where the previous voice left off, and the variety of the voices allows the author to cover quite a lot of time while maintaining a real sense of freshness throughout. The characters are engaging and fully-developed, believable for their time, very human, many of them very likeable. I enjoyed spending time in their company, and look forward to reading more by this author.
The Forest Dwellers by Judith Arnopp is an incisive look into the lives of the people of Ytene, a Saxon holding seized by Norman usurpers for William the Conqueror's personal use. It is a richly painted portrait of their daily existence that begins with an assault on Alys--a young woman of mixed blood, possessed of a rare and ethereal beauty--and follows her through subsequent periods of serenity, hardship, humiliation, and triumph.
Arnopp is blessed with natural flowing prose and the ability to craft an engaging and well-rounded story told from varying viewpoints. The narratives transition smoothly from one to the next without a sense of staleness or repetition. Although the foundation of the story is historical, this version is told from a refreshing new perspective with much action and tenderness, humor and sadness, and many surprising twists. Simply put, this is everything I desire in a book, and I eagerly look forward to more from this author.
Judith Arnopp is a writer I have recently discovered and so far I have enjoyed each one.
Arnopp does very fine research and utilizes a blend of both historic and fictional characters as in this tale of the post Norman Conquest and The New Forest. Walter Tyrell and his brother- in- laws the de Clares had been part of the hunting party where King William Rufus lost his life butneither had any reason to wish him dead.Conventional wisdom today is that his brother, who became King Henry I, had the most to gain.The brothers were not at all close and their father William had divided his property in a way that invited quarrels.William Rufus had made many enemies both in the Forest that he cleared to make his hunting preserve and in the kingdom that his father had won.
Aelf and Alys who were the main characters as well as being fictional served the authors purposes very well by removing the need to change historical facts.A delightful book and quite well done
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