I‘ve never been to #Paris but I‘ve been to Normandy. While my brother-in-law and I were visiting Utah Beach, my sister went with a group to see the Bayeux tapestry. Of course, she got me a puzzle. #litsyspringbreak
More for word lovers: https://getpocket.com/explore/item/english-is-not-normal?utm_source=pocket-newta...
The article starts with this photo but doesn‘t explain why. I‘m not sure either but I love the Bayeux Tapestry, having read about it in Monument Men, and seen its exact replica, embroidered in the 1800s to copy the original, in Reading, England. If you want to go: https://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/your-visit/permanent-galleries/bayeux-gallery
pickFinally finished this one. Very interesting. I like how it goes in detail about the events depicted, how they were depicted, how the tapestry was rediscovered in the 18th century and its adventures during the 20th, including a narrow escape from the Nazis.
The Bayeux Tapestry depicts events during #TheBattle of Hastings in 1066. The tagged book tells the story of the tapestry. #SoaringScores @Cinfhen @CrowCAH
My bedside table reading. It has pictures!
Also, quite a bit of interesting history.
I don‘t remember this part of The Bayeux Tapestry... 🤔
My first book purchase here in the U.K. The Reading Museum has the only "copy" of the tapestry in the world (the original is in Normandy), recreated by about 65 women embroidering the copy in the 1880s. I learned about the tapestry in the book The Monument Men and it has a fascinating history, believed to have been made about the battle a few years after the conquest of England in 1066 by William the Conqueror.
The Bayeux Tapestry: The Life Story of a Masterpiece | 
