Informationen zum Autor Dr Marc Morris is a historian who specializes in the Middle Ages. He studied and taught at the universities of London and Oxford and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His other books include a bestselling history of the Norman Conquest and highly acclaimed biographies of King John and Edward I ( A Great and Terrible King ). He also presented the TV series Castle and wrote its accompanying book. He contributes regularly to other history programmes on radio and television and writes for numerous journals and magazines. Klappentext Discover the events depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry, back in England for the first time in almost 1,000 years! The gripping and definitive history of The Battle Of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England from the acclaimed historian and Sunday Times bestseller, Marc Morris. 'I loved it. A suitably epic account of one of the most seismic and far-reaching events in British history ' DAN SNOW, historian and host of The History Hit An upstart French duke who sets out to conquer the most powerful and unified kingdom in Christendom. An invasion force on a scale not seen since the days of the Romans. One of the bloodiest and most decisive battles ever fought. Going beyond the familiar outline, bestselling historian Marc Morris examines not only the tumultuous events that led up to the Battle of Hastings in 1066, but also the chaos that came in its wake - English rebellions, Viking invasions, the construction of hundreds of castles and the destruction of England's ancient ruling class. Language, law, architecture, even attitudes towards life itself, were altered forever by the Norman Conquest. 'Retells the story of the Norman invasion with vim, vigour and narrative urgency' Dan Jones, Sunday Times 'A wonderful book' Terry Jones 'A much-needed, modern account of the Normans in England' The Times Zusammenfassung This riveting book explains why the Norman Conquest was the single most important event in English history. Assessing the original evidence at every turn, Marc Morris goes beyond the familiar outline to explain why England was at once so powerful and yet so vulnerable to William the Conqueror's attack....

Vorwort
The definitive account for our times of a pivotal moment in English history

Autorentext
Dr Marc Morris is a historian who specializes in the Middle Ages. He studied and taught at the universities of London and Oxford and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. His other books include a bestselling history of the Norman Conquest and highly acclaimed biographies of King John and Edward I (A Great and Terrible King). He also presented the TV series Castle and wrote its accompanying book. He contributes regularly to other history programmes on radio and television and writes for numerous journals and magazines.

Klappentext

Discover the events depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry, back in England for the first time in almost 1,000 years!

The gripping and definitive history of The Battle Of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England from the acclaimed historian and Sunday Times bestseller, Marc Morris.

'I loved it. A suitably epic account of one of the most seismic and far-reaching events in British history' DAN SNOW, historian and host of The History Hit

An upstart French duke who sets out to conquer the most powerful and unified kingdom in Christendom. An invasion force on a scale not seen since the days of the Romans. One of the bloodiest and most decisive battles ever fought.

Going beyond the familiar outline, bestselling historian Marc Morris examines not only the tumultuous events that led up to the Battle of Hastings in 1066, but also the chaos that came in its wake - English rebellions, Viking invasions, the construction of hundreds of castles and the destruction of England's ancient ruling class. Language, law, architecture, even attitudes towards life itself, were altered forever by the Norman Conquest.

'Retells the story of the Norman invasion with vim, vigour and narrative urgency' Dan Jones, Sunday Times

'A wonderful book' Terry Jones

'A much-needed, modern account of the Normans in England' The Times

Zusammenfassung
This riveting book explains why the Norman Conquest was the single most important event in English history. Assessing the original evidence at every turn, Marc Morris goes beyond the familiar outline to explain why England was at once so powerful and yet so vulnerable to William the Conqueror's attack.