1066: The Year of The Three Battles

ISBN-13: 9780712666725 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 336 str.

Frank McLynn

Opis

In recent years it has become customary to assume that William the Conqueror's victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 was virtually inevitable, given the alleged superiority of Norman military technology. In this study, underpinned by biographical sketches of the great warriors who fought for the crown of England in 1066, the author aims to show that this view is mistaken. The Battle on Senlac Hill 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.