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Marc Morris William I (Penguin Monarchs) (Paperback) Penguin Monarchs. Title: William I (Penguin Monarchs). Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperback. Series: Penguin Monarchs. Author: Marc Morris. During the reign of William the Conqueror, England experienced greater and more seismic change than at any point before or since. Further DetailsTitle: William I (Penguin Monarchs) Condition: New Subtitle: England's Conqueror Author: Marc Morris Format: Paperback ISBN-10: 0141987464 EAN: 9780141987460 ISBN: 9780141987460 Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd Genre: History Topic: Biography Release Date: 06/28/2018 Description: Part of the Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperback On Christmas Day 1066, William, duke of Normandy was crowned in Westminster, the first Norman king of England. It was a disaster: soldiers outside, thinking shouts of acclamation were treachery, torched the surrounding buildings. To later chroniclers, it was an omen of the catastrophes to come.During the reign of William the Conqueror, England experienced greater and more seismic change than at any point before or since. Marc Morris's concise and gripping biography sifts through the sources of the time to give a fresh view of the man who changed England more than any other, as old ruling elites were swept away, enemies at home and abroad (including those in his closest family) were crushed, swathes of the country were devastated and the map of the nation itself was redrawn, giving greater power than ever to the king. When, towards the end of his reign, William undertook a great survey of his new lands, his subjects compared it to the last judgement of God, the Domesday Book. England had been transformed forever. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 181mm Item Length: 111mm Item Width: 7mm Item Weight: 80g Series: Penguin Monarchs Release Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
