Review: Highly Entertaining
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 16, 2013
This book gives an interesting  "behind the scenes" view of what was taking place before and after the Battle of Hastings. Duke William knew how to form alliances and offer rewards to gain followers.  Offers of land and manors in England if the invasion was successful was quite an inducement.  Any English who opposed him, well they lost those lands and manors.  For the common soldier there was also plenty of looting and pillaging.One can certainly get a good idea of what was involved in the 11th century to mount an invasion and the way people lived.  The story seems to be historically accurate and one gets a more humanistic feel as one follows the main protagonists through the story.  I have already ordered the second book in the series.