1066: The Year of the Three Battles (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of 1066: The Year of the Three Battles Thursday, August 6 2009.

• A leading historian tells the story of the events of 1066, perhaps the most famous date in English history. If ever there was a year of destiny for the British Isles, 1066 must have a strong claim. King Harold faced invasion not just from William and the Normans across the English Channel but from the Dane, King Harald Hardrada. Before he faced the Normans at Hastings in October, he had defeated the Danes at York and Stamford Bridge in September. In this superbly researched study, Frank McLynn overturns long-accepted myths, showing how William’s victory at the Battle of Hastings was not, in fact, a certainty, and arguing that Harald Hardrada was actually the greatest warrior of the three. A masterly study, revealing the truth to be more interesting than the myths surrounding this pivotal year in history.