1087 (2017) online

Nineth of September 1087, as the sun rises, Duke William of Normandy, King of England, dies alone, unloved, unmourned and stripped naked of clothing and jewellery at Saint-Gervais, Rouen. He leaves behind a Kingdom that is broken and shattered by the ruthless tyranny of his reign. He thought he had conquered England when he won a battle near Hastings in 1066 : He had reckoned without the unconquerable spirit of the English, and the treachery of his own wife and sons