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77A FACE IN THE MUD - A boy's coin find near the London Olympic site hides a political confrontation (Fiction)
The saga of a silver penny from 1066 to the present day. A new king instructs his moneyer on a new issue of coins. A young lad makes a find near the Olympic Games site north of Stratford in Newham.
72"RAVENFEAST: Farewell to Legend" - the saga opens; also news of publication of "OVERTHROWN - The Dream Fades"
IMAGINE YOU HAVE BEEN CAUGHT UP IN A KINGDOM IN FLUX. You are a kinsman of the king, Harold and the year is 1066. In the course of two seasons your king has been killed in battle, the Norman duke William has been crowned and his henchmen have been given 'carte blanche' to do as they please. There are three major battles between September and October, 1066. At Gate Fulford near York the Norsemen under King Harald 'Hardraada' and Earl Tostig beat back the York and Mercia fyrd. At Stamford Bridge n
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72COUNTDOWN TO CONQUEST - The Long Haul
A cautionary tale of brotherly hostility turning to thoughts of revenge and defeat... In turn leading to a weakening of English opposition to the invasion from Normandy.
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67SWORD-FLASH 1066 - 1: AFTER THE RIFT - Tostig is Banished, Harold Weds Aeldgifu and King Eadward Fades
Tostig was understandably angered at Morkere being made earl and sought redress beyond these shores. Meanwhile Harold was wedded to the shadowy Aeldgifu, sister to the Mercian brothers Eadwin and Morkere. The north was theirs, and no 'southerner' from Wessex could interfere, not even if he were king. Eadward died after the New Year and Harold had himself crowned at the West Minster after the old king's entombment there in the morning.
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69VIKING - 10: HARALD 'THE HARD RULER' - defeat leads to glory and renown... and ends in defeat
Harald Sigurdsson was the last truly Viking king in Scandinavia. He earned his nickname 'the Hard-Ruler' riding roughshod over his subjects. The last we see of him is at Stamford Bridge near York struck in the throat by an arrow
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63CONQUEST - 9: CONSEQUENCES, Resistance and Compliance
The lesson was simple: co-operate with the new rule and benefit, struggle against it and suffer. Many had learned, some the hard way, but the last few were bolstered by the thought of being helped by the Danes. But William bought off King Svein and Jarl Osbeorn with their fleet and set to grinding down the defenders of Ely.
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761066, A YEAR OF STRUGGLE - Four battles mark the year of Duke William's invasion. His first could have ruined his dream
From the moment Duke William learned of Harold Godwinson's crowning England's hierarchy was on a count-down to a reckoning. There were those who's only fear was of losing land and lordship, and there were those who were beyond fear. They could either die on the field or die of shame!
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65SWORD-FLASH 1066 - 2:"...THE LONG HAIR'D STAR..."
Tostig's raids on the south and east coasts were rebuffed. A possible foray by William, hampered by bad weather and battle losses in mid-Channel told Harold there was little likelihood of William invading in the afteryear of 1066. There would be time for feasting in London before winter weather finally set in.
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74CONQUEST - 8: HEREWARD'S REBELLION - The Fenland Revolt against Norman Rule in 1071
A tsle of Hereward of Bourne in Lincolnshire. His part in the rebellion at Ely and William's siege. The aftermath of the siege and Hereward's exile
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