Duke Guillaume of Normandy is ignorant of the absence from London of King Harold. When he steals across the English Channel at midnight, he finds southern England unprotected. Knowing that winter is approaching and that his position is precarious, Guillaume terrorises the local people, hoping to provoke Harold to a rash act.News reaches the Saxons … Continue reading Book of the Week: The Blade’s Fell Blow

Duke Guillaume of Normandy is ignorant of the absence from London of King Harold. When he steals across the English Channel at midnight, he finds southern England unprotected. Knowing that winter is approaching and that his position is precarious, Guillaume terrorises the local people, hoping to provoke Harold to a rash act.News reaches the Saxons … Continue reading Book of the Week: The Blade’s Fell Blow

Duke Guillaume of Normandy is ignorant of the absence from London of King Harold. When he steals across the English Channel at midnight, he finds southern England unprotected. Knowing that winter is approaching and that his position is precarious, Guillaume terrorises the local people, hoping to provoke Harold to a rash act.News reaches the Saxons … Continue reading Book of the Week: The Blade’s Fell Blow

Duke Guillaume of Normandy is ignorant of the absence from London of King Harold. When he steals across the English Channel at midnight, he finds southern England unprotected. Knowing that winter is approaching and that his position is precarious, Guillaume terrorises the local people, hoping to provoke Harold to a rash act.News reaches the Saxons … Continue reading Book of the Week: The Blade’s Fell Blow

Duke Guillaume of Normandy is ignorant of the absence from London of King Harold. When he steals across the English Channel at midnight, he finds southern England unprotected. Knowing that winter is approaching and that his position is precarious, Guillaume terrorises the local people, hoping to provoke Harold to a rash act.News reaches the Saxons … Continue reading Book of the Week: The Blade’s Fell Blow

Duke Guillaume of Normandy is ignorant of the absence from London of King Harold. When he steals across the English Channel at midnight, he finds southern England unprotected. Knowing that winter is approaching and that his position is precarious, Guillaume terrorises the local people, hoping to provoke Harold to a rash act.News reaches the Saxons … Continue reading Book of the Week: The Blade’s Fell Blow

England’s Saga of 1066 opens with The War Wolf and an account of the Battle of Fulford Gate. King Harold waits in London for the expected Norman invasion, but it is in the north where the first threat to his crown appears. Tostig, the exiled brother of Harold, has joined forces with Harald Hardrada, King … Continue reading Book of the Week: The War Wolf

England’s Saga of 1066 opens with The War Wolf and an account of the Battle of Fulford Gate. King Harold waits in London for the expected Norman invasion, but it is in the north where the first threat to his crown appears. Tostig, the exiled brother of Harold, has joined forces with Harald Hardrada, King … Continue reading Book of the Week: The War Wolf

England’s Saga of 1066 opens with The War Wolf and an account of the Battle of Fulford Gate. King Harold waits in London for the expected Norman invasion, but it is in the north where the first threat to his crown appears. Tostig, the exiled brother of Harold, has joined forces with Harald Hardrada, King … Continue reading Book of the Week: The War Wolf

England’s Saga of 1066 opens with The War Wolf and an account of the Battle of Fulford Gate. King Harold waits in London for the expected Norman invasion, but it is in the north where the first threat to his crown appears. Tostig, the exiled brother of Harold, has joined forces with Harald Hardrada, King … Continue reading Book of the Week: The War Wolf