De Warenne Dynasty 01 - The Conquerer - Plot & Excerpts
The wooden palisade surrounding the burned-out shell of the old timbered keep had been replaced withYork 's glinting pale stone. It was completely finished. Rolfeand his men rode past the construction site. Most of York's villagers had been summoned to this task. Huge winches and pulleys were used to move the big blocks about on the site, but it was manpower that settled each block into its precise place. Oxen pulled sleds transporting the stone from the quarry. Activity was intense and constant, drays approaching with stone and supplies, serfs working the winches, men beneath the stone blocks, supporting them as they were raised or let down, knots of villagers shimmying blocks into place in the tower itself. Vendors hawked bread and pies, mutton and ale. Those too young to be enlisted in the royal effort ran barefoot, chasing one another, puppies on their heels. The first and ground story of the new tower had been nearly finished as well. They had not wasted any time, and it was three days since he had left Aelfgar, a bright, hot late June afternoon.
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