num_pages: 208
description: Alternate cover for ISBN 10: 0140058508 / ISBN 13: 9780140058505Everyone 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 Normandy, there is an almost uncanny symmetry, as well as a relentlessly exciting surge, of events leading to and from Hastings.
language: English
title: 1066: The Year of the Conquest
titlecomplete: 1066: The Year of the Conquest
characters: William the Conqueror, Odo of Bayeux, Harold Godwinson, Edward the Confessor
genres: Historical, War, British Literature, Medieval History, European History, Nonfiction, World History, Medieval, Military History, History
ratings_count: 4255
places: Hastings, England
publisher: Penguin Books