Project Gutenberg 2004-12-03 Public domain in the USA. 269 Ferrar, William John 1868 Piffard, Harold 1867 1938 The Fall of the Grand Sarrasin Being a Chronicle of Sir Nigel de Bessin, Knight, of Things that Happed in Guernsey Island, in the Norman Seas, in and about the Year One Thousand and Fifty-Seven Produced by Steven Gibbs, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Fall of the Grand Sarrasin" by William John Ferrar is a historical novel likely composed in the late 19th century. The book chronicles the adventures of Sir Nigel de Bessin, a young knight from Guernsey Island, set against the backdrop of 11th-century Norman conflict, focusing on his struggles against the infamous Grand Sarrasin and his marauding pirates. The narrative explores themes of chivalry, bravery, and the quest for identity in a tumultuous world. At the start of the tale, Sir Nigel de Bessin reflects on his upbringing among the monks of the Vale in Guernsey and the choice he faces between a life of scholarship or that of a warrior. The preface introduces his motivations for writing a chronicle of his past, particularly for his grandchildren. In the opening chapters, we see Nigel's transition from a sheltered life to one filled with challenges as he encounters tales of the Sarrasin pirates. After a series of events leads him to seek help from Archbishop Maugher, he discovers the growing threats to his homeland and resolves to defend it vigorously. The tensions between the calm of monastic life and the violent reality of piracy set the stage for the unfolding conflict, foreshadowing Nigel's future exploits as he is drawn into a battle for his island. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 81.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Middle Ages -- Fiction Guernsey (Channel Islands) -- Fiction PR Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Adventure 235096 2025-08-06T08:56:58.651548 text/html 217725 2024-10-28T21:15:37 text/html 289424 2025-08-06T08:57:05.473522 application/epub+zip 292222 2025-08-06T08:57:01.637528 application/epub+zip 153295 2025-08-06T08:57:00.432515 application/epub+zip 448181 2025-08-06T08:57:08.407474 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 423331 2025-08-06T08:57:04.709491 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 197555 2022-09-07T15:16:38.576863 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 209202 2025-08-06T08:56:58.123562 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 189395 2024-10-28T21:15:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16887 2025-08-06T08:57:08.545487 application/rdf+xml 13759 2025-08-06T08:57:00.932506 image/jpeg 3440 2025-08-06T08:57:00.682552 image/jpeg 285780 2025-08-06T08:56:58.679532 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia