One of our best popular historian tells the remarkable story of the events that took place in 1066, probably the most famous date in English history.
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.
A splendid book... fascinatingly rich and thorough.
*Independent on Sunday*
An exciting story well told... A most lively and rewarding
book.
*Literary Review*
One of our most readable historians
*Daily Express*
McLynn is an astonishingly prolific historian. His books are always
elegantly written, highly opinionated and enormously enjoyable
*Sunday Times*
Has anybody done more – done as much – as Frank McLynn in writing
intelligent, combative, thoroughly researched and thoroughly
readable history?
*Independent*
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