1066-The Year of the Conquest by David Armine Howarth(unabridged torrent

Category: History
Language: EnglishKeywords: 1066 Anglo Saxon French hastings History norman

Written by David Howarth
Format: MP3
Unabridged

Everyone knows 1066 as the date of the Norman invasion and conquest of England. But how many of us can place that event in the context of the entire dramatic year in which it took place? From the death of Edward the Confessor in early January to the Christmas coronation of Duke William of Normandy, there is an almost uncanny symmetry, as well as a relentlessly exciting surge, of events leading to and from Hastings.