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“When William the Conqueror commissioned a great survey of his English realm at Gloucester in 1085, the result was a work so thorough, fair, dispassionate, and wide-ranging that it seemed to the succeeding generations to have come from another world.”

Quote by James Buchan

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James Buchan is a Scottish novelist known for his historical novels and biographies. His works are often set against the backdrop of Scottish history, delving into the intertwining of individual fates with the ebb and flow of the times. more

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