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1066: What Fates Impose – G.K. Holloway
This brilliant historical novel provides us with remarkable insights of the events in the years preceding the infamous 1066 Battle of Hastings If you have ideas about bravery in war and heroes in conquest you should definitely read this book. If you feel working long arduous hours, having little to eat and the permanent fear of poverty hanging over you makes for ‘strong men and women’ – think again. The foreword in this book makes it abundantly clear that nobody really wins when the effects of war and lack of prosperity leave a country and its inhabitants devastated. What happened? The Battle of Hastings, the culmination of ruthless and dramatic…
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The Last Treasure of Ancient England – MJ Colewood
From the 1066 Battle of Hastings Richard secretly takes something. A millennium later, a mystery engages Chester Bentley on an adventurous treasure hunt… Introduction The Chester Bentley Mysteries #1 Richard, a French farmer who has lost everything, is forced to fight for the man who was responsible for the murder of his parents: William, Duke of Normandy. This is the man who will become William the Conqueror having crossed the English Channel with his army in a bid to wrest the throne from Anglo-Saxon King Harold. Richard refuses to resort to gratuitous cruelty and when providence degrees he has an opportunity to save William, he finds himself in close proximity…
