Nineteen Days in Autumn: A New History of 1066
Sunday 11 October
The Court House Ballroom, Jury Street
2.00pm
The definitive, character-led history of the most famous year in history, written in authoritative and dynamic prose by Erin Goeres.
On 5 January 1066, Edward the Confessor’s death plunged England into a succession crisis that would change the kingdom forever.
Mere hours after Edward’s remains had been laid to rest, his brother-in-law Harold seized power, inciting the wrath of two formidable challengers: King Haraldr Sigurðarson of Norway and Edward’s ambitious cousin William, Duke of Normandy.
In this startling new history, Erin unveils the intense drama that then unfolded, culminating in the tumultuous nineteen autumn days between the battle of Stamford Bridge and the battle of Hastings, leading to the death of two monarchs and the end of Anglo-Scandinavian rule in England.