It's been a rollercoaster ride of thrilling insight and wearing frustration, but finally I hit the "publish" button on the Kindle publishing website this morning. The Carmen and The Conquest will be available worldwide as an ebook within 12 hours.
I have no idea what the world or even historians will make of this translation or the commentary that accompanies it. That will be a further part of the adventure. Until now it has just been me and Guy de Amiens, communing across the centuries that intervene between his lifetime and mine through the written record of his words. Now I've invited the whole world to enter into our dialogue, critiquing my work in translating him this year and challenging his authority on the events of 1066.
Should be fun.
I have no idea what the world or even historians will make of this translation or the commentary that accompanies it. That will be a further part of the adventure. Until now it has just been me and Guy de Amiens, communing across the centuries that intervene between his lifetime and mine through the written record of his words. Now I've invited the whole world to enter into our dialogue, critiquing my work in translating him this year and challenging his authority on the events of 1066.
Should be fun.