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1066 - The Year of Three Battles

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Type: Novel - Softcover

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Product Info

Title
1066 - The Year of Three Battles
Publisher
Category
Author
Frank McLynn
Publish Year
1999
Pages
304
Dimensions
6x9x1"
NKG Part #
2147920522
Type
Novel - Softcover

Description

Everyone knows that William the Conqueror won the Battle of Hastings in 1066, but in recent years it has become customary to assume that the victory was virtually inevitable, given the alleged superiority of Norman military technology. In this new study, underpinned by biographical sketches of the great warriors who fought for the crown of England in 1066, Frank McLynn shows that this view is mistaken. The battle on Senlac Hill on 14 October was a desperately close-run thing, which Harold lost only because of an incredible run of bad fortune and some treachery from the Saxon elite in England. Both William and Harold were fine generals, but Harold was the more inspirational of the two.