Pages: 207
Dimensions (cm): 24.1 x 16.2 x 2
Hardback
Condition: Excellent
Author David Howarth brings alive the struggle for the English succession, won by the able and fated Harold, the separate invasion from Norway by raucous King Harold Hardrada and Tostig, the deposed Earl of Northumbria, brilliantly foiled by Harold at Stamford Bridge only days before William’s landing, and vividly recreates the invasion and battle themselves.
Drawing brilliantly on the wealth of contemporary sources, Howarth gives us memorable portraits of the leading characters and their motivations. At the same time, in what may this book’s most shining achievement, he makes us see the story from the common Englishman’s point of view, telling us how he lived, worked, fought, and died – and how he perceived from his isolated shire the overthrow of his world.
1066: The Year of the Conquest
