This is a scholarly refutation of the widely-held myths surrounding the Battle of Hastings--bring your best vocabulary. The author methodically sets the stage of the decades of events leading up to Hastings, giving the reader an exact picture of the other great warrior contemporaries of William the Conqueror--in fact he spends the first almost 200 pages in this effort. I am always particularly interested in good books on the Normans, as my own ancestor traveled to Hastings with William, and I've been to Bayeux to see the tapestry. I enjoyed this book for its detail and for its common sense approach to refuting many of the myths that surround the Norman conquest of England.
