You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
None
A well researched and illustrated book about all matters concerning the Battle of Hastings.
On October 14, 1066, a battle took place in England that would dictate the course of history for the island nation for centuries to come. Soldiers from the army of Duke William of Normandy fought against those of the English king, Harold Godwinson. At stake was the throne of England. The battle took all day. Swords clanged, axes chopped, and arrows flew from both sides. In the end, the battle turned on the random flight of a single arrow. Find out what inventions and strategies determined which army prevailed or perished in this incredible true story of the Battle of Hastings.
This book covers the 1067-1538 period between the Norman Conquest to the Dissolution of the Monasteries and the history of eastern Sussex and its people, rulers and institutions in the detail demanded of this fascinating part of England.
In this book we find out how the land, coastline and settlements of eastern Sussex evolved from the dawn of time, and how the people, tribes, invaders and rulers of eastern Sussex arrived, settled and lived before the Normans came in 1066.
This guidebook provides a history of the Battle of Hastings and a tour of Battle Abbey, and an account of its foundation.