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