{"product_id":"the-norman-conquest-9780091931452","title":"The Norman Conquest","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn epic tale  with violence at its heart  and a triumph of narrative history.  The Norman Conqueststarts with the most decisive battle in English history and continues with dramatic rebellions and their ruthless suppression  eventually resulting in the creation of the English nation. The repercussions of the Conquest are with us still.  The book begins with the Saxon kings  specifically Edward the Confessor  and shows how England was in constant conflict as the English fell prey to both Vikings and Normans. In the north  King Harold destroys his Viking namesake at the battle of Stamford Bridge but immediately has to hurry south to confront William of Normandy at Hastings. His defeat  and the destruction of the Anglo-Saxon warrior caste  leads inexorably to Williams forceful occupation of an unwilling country  and this is the ruthless story Marc Morris tells. It is a drama crammed with intrigue  bloodshed and betrayal  featuring vivid  almost deranged characters: Edward the Confessor  who spurns his queen in their marriage bed to spite her family  even though it spells the end of his own dynasty; the heroic King Harold  the hero of Stamford Bridge and the last Saxon king  who perjures himself  betrays his brother and puts aside his wife in his bid for the throne; William the Bastard  later known as the Conqueror  who assembles the mightiest invasion fleet in the middle ages and after unexpected success almost destroys the country he has won.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45652663926837,"sku":"ByrdShop_0091931452","price":275.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780091931452.jpg?v=1781852335","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-norman-conquest-9780091931452","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}