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the most famous date in English history, On Octoberth, on Senlac Hill near Hastings, a battle was fought that would change the face of England forever.
Over the next twenty years, Norman culture was imposed on England, and English politics and society were radically reshaped.
But how much is really known about William "the Conqueror," the Norman duke who led his men to victory on that autumn Saturday in what was to be the last successful invasion of England Mark Hagger here takes a fresh look at William his life and leadership.
As king, he spent much of his reign threatened by rebellion and invasion, In response, he ordered castles and strongholds to be built across the land a symbol of the force with which he defended his realm and which, along with Domesday Book, England's first public record, attest to a powerful legacy.
This book provides a rounded portrait of one of England's greatest rulers One of the more curious aspects of the publication of nonfiction books on a given subject is their timing.
Rarely do they come out at a regulated pace like the steady dripdripdrip of water from a faucet.
Instead, their appearance is often entirely random, shaped by circumstances like a writers decision to write a book or a publishers decision to commission it, the time it takes for them to produce it, and the publishers timetable for turning the manuscript into a finished product.
Sometimes this is influenced by such outside factors as the discovery or release of new materials, the anniversaries of historical events, and an upsurge in popular interest.
When some of these factors coincide, the books can flow like water from a burst dam,

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sitelink bestbritishbios. com This is the first biography of William the Conqueror I've read, It's quite sympathetic to William, It's fairly short atpages of text interspersed with illustrations, I agree with another reviewer who said that it's a good introduction but leaves you wanting more detail.
I look forward to reading the biographies by David Douglas and David Bates, I've moved on to Trevor Rowley's biography of William's half brother Odo called "The Man Behind the Bayeux Tapestry: Odo, William the Conqueror's HalfBrother".
I'm finding this more satisfying because Rowley gives the reader a lot more contextual information about what I think of as life on the ground for Odo at that time.
This makes a good introduction book to William the Conqueror, Some things are a little light on details family while other things are more drawn out, It could be a little dry at some points, Though there were parts that went back and forth in terms of years, it overall follows a chronological time frame.
Overall a good book but definitely want to read more, A specialist on the rule and government of England Normandy from the tenth to the twelfth centuries, Mark Hagger is a Reader in the School of History, Welsh History and Archaeology at Bangor.
He was awarded his Ph, D. by the University of St Andrews in, and after a period as a solicitor in the City of London, he worked as an assistant on a project to edit the charters and

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