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Description edit
Everyone knows 1066 as the date of the Norman invasion and conquest of England. But how many of us can place that event in the context of the entire dramatic year in which it took place? From the death of Edward the Confessor in early January to the Christmas coronation of Duke William of... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Harold: Add a description of this character.
- Duke William
- Edward
- Godwin
- Norman
- Harald Hardrada
- Tostig
- Snorri
- Edgar
- Carmen
- Knut
- Robert
- Matilda
- Olav
- Horstede
- Vita
- Edith Svanneshals
- Hastings
- Leofwine
- Stigand
- Alfred
- Hildebrand
- Gyrth
- Eustace
- Wulfnoth
- Morkere
- Emma
- Odo
- Mora
Setting & Locations edit
- England
- London
- York
- Norway
- Dover
- Pevensey
- Denmark
- Europe
- Stamford Bridge
- Channel
- Canterbury
- Scotland
- Rome
- Bosham
- Waltham
- Beachy Head
- Lewes
- Northumbria
- Brittany
- Ponthieu
- Rouen
- Flanders
- Isle Of Wight
- France
- Wales
- Winchester
- Thomey Island
- Riccall
- Orkney
- Malmesbury
- Sandwich
- Waterloo
- Sicily
First Sentence edit
It was not a bad life to be English when the year began; it was the kind of life that many modern people vainly envy.
Table of Contents edit
Introduction
England--New Year's Day
Death of a King--January 4
Coronation--January 5
Rouen--January 10
The Comet--April 18
Normandy--Spring
Norway--Summer
North Wind--August 10-September12
York--September20-25
The English Channel--September 28
The Challenge--October 3-13
Hastings--October 14
London--October 15-December 25
England--New Year's Eve
Series & Lists edit
Authors & Contributors edit
- David Armine Howarth (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Collins
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 1977
ISBN: 0002118459
Page Count: 207
Publisher: Collins
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 1977
ISBN: 0002118459
Page Count: 207
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: DA195 .H69 1977
- Dewey: 942.021
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