It is a fact that Duke Guilaume of Normandy had a hostage that he hoped to use against King Harold of England, his younger brother, Wulfnoth. The boy had been kidnapped by the Norman priest and spent much of his life as a prisoner of the Duke of Normandy. He was well treated, as befitted his status as a son of one of the most powerful men in England, but he was held captive all the same. While Guillaume’s plans are stalled by the weather he attempts to use Wulfnoth to apply a little psychological pressure on King Harold.

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