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lang="EN-US" style="font-weight: normal; font-family: "calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: en-us; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: ''times new roman''; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-font-style: italic">La Grande Inversion (The Great Reversal) is an historical
novel by Erik S. Larsen. The narrative takes place in the middle ages in Normandy. If you thought you had a good knowledge of Norman
history, you are going to be surprised by this new approach of the battle of Hastings and its so-called heroes ! Indeed, in this original novel, history plays dirty tricks on its continental protagonists and it is the defeated warriors of History who finally go swaggering about as matchless conquerors. Here, the English fighters of King Harold not only crush the Norman forces on the island but they also take possession of the prosperous duchy the invaders had come from. From then on, History is "reversed" as the title of the novel suggests. And it is up to you, dumbfounded readers, to try and understand what might have led the proud Normans to such a bitter defeat. In order to achieve this, you will follow the investigation conducted by the provost of Coutances, a small city of Normandy, while relying on the inquiries of young Svenn, the strange hero of the novel…