1066: The Year of three Battles

Informationen zum Autor Frank McLynn is a highly regarded historian, who specializes in biographies and military history. He has written over 20 books, including critically acclaimed biographies of Napoleon and Richard the Lionheart. Other books include Stanley, 1759, Marcus Aurelius and his latest work, The Road Not Taken: How Britain Narrowly Missed a Revolution. He is a graduate of Wadham College, Oxford, and London University, where he obtained his doctorate. Klappentext Everyone knows what William the Conqueror won the Battle of Hastings in 1066, but in recent years is has become customary to assume that the victory was virtually inevitable, given the alleged superiority of Norman military technology. Zusammenfassung Everyone knows what William the Conqueror won the Battle of Hastings in 1066, but in recent years is has become customary to assume that the victory was virtually inevitable, given the alleged superiority of Norman military technology.

Product details

• Authors: Frank McLynn, McLynn Frank
• Publisher: Pimlico
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.09.1999
• EAN: 9780712666725
• ISBN: 978-0-7126-6672-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 234 mm x 25 mm
• Series: PIMLICO; Pimlico
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book; History: specific events & topics, HISTORY / Social History, HISTORY / Europe / Ireland, CE period up to c 1500, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1000 CE to c 1500, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, Battles & campaigns, Battles and campaigns, Invasion, conquest and occupation