G295 Book Review of 1066: What Fates Impose by G.K Holloway
Name of Book: 1066 What Fates Impose Author: G.K Holloway ISBN: 978-1-78306-220-1 Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd Type of book: England, William Duke of Normandy, relationships, family, kingdom, ruling, 1045-1066, uniting, France, medieval, politics, history, treaties, King Harold, King Edward the Confessor, political struggle, battles Year it was published: 2014 Summary: King William then utters the following words to the room: ‘I appoint no one as my heir to the Crown of England, but leave it to the disposal of the Eternal Creator, whose I am and who orders all things. For I did not attain that high honour by hereditary right, but wrested it from the perjured King Harold in a desperate bloody battle.’ England is in crisis. King Edward has no heir and promises never to produce one. There are no obvious successors available to replace him, but quite a few claimants are eager to take the crown. While power struggles break out between the various fac...