
The Norman Conquest
The Battle of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England
- 464 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
A riveting and authoritative history of the single most important event in English history: The Norman Conquest. An upstart French duke who sets out to conquer the most powerful and unified kingdom in Christendom. An invasion force on a scale not seen since the days of the Romans. One of the bloodiest and most decisive battles ever fought. This new history explains why the Norman Conquest was the most significant cultural and military episode in English history. Assessing the original evidence at every turn, Marc Morris goes beyond the familiar outline to explain why England was at once so powerful and yet so vulnerable to William the Conqueror's attack. Morris writes with passion, verve, and scrupulous concern for historical accuracy. This is the definitive account for our times of an extraordinary story, indeed the pivotal moment in the shaping of the English nation.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- England Map
- Normandy Map
- England Family Tree
- Europe Family Tree
- A Note on Names
- Illustrations
- Introduction
- 1 The Man Who Would Be King
- 2 A Wave of Danes
- 3 The Bastard
- 4 Best Laid Plans
- 5 Holy Warriors
- 6 The Godwinesons
- 7 Hostages to Fortune
- 8 Northern Uproar
- 9 The Gathering Storm
- 10 The Thunderbolt
- 11 Invasion
- 12 The Spoils of Victory
- 13 Insurrection
- 14 Aftershocks
- 15 Aliens and Natives
- 16 Ravening Wolves
- 17 The Edges of Empire
- 18 Domesday
- 19 Death and Judgement
- 20 The Green Tree
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Copyright Page