Every time I look over my shoulder, I expect to see my death coming
Tag: The Norman Conquest
Review: Crusade by Stewart Binns
From when the days were filled with knights
Review: 1066: What Fates Impose
1066 and, all that.
Reading Conquest by Stewart Binns
Had this one waiting on the shelf for a while. 300-odd pages in and Hereward reminds me of Robert E.Howard's Conan. Ordinarily, that would be good, but this is England, not Cimmeria or even Hyboria. Reading Conquest by Stewart Binns View on Path
Review: The Last Conquest
The Last Conquest by Berwick Coates My rating: 4 of 5 stars A thoroughly enjoyable, maybe slightly alternative look at the possibilities surrounding the first couple of weeks of the Norman Conquest, leading up to and including the Battle of Hastings. It is a novel, so fiction, but thanks to the fiction and non-fiction reading … Continue reading Review: The Last Conquest
Review: Knights of the Hawk
I just read the best book of the year.
Today, 14 October, is the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings
If Harold had read some of these books about the Battle of Hastings, he probably wouldn't have lost!
Today is the Anniversary of Battle of Stamford Bridge, 25 September 1066
25 September, and all that
Review: The Norman Conquest
The best book since 1066.