BOOK EXCERPT: Norman's Conquest offers twists, turns, travel — and a cold case that must be solved Humour, an unlikely romance and unforgettable encounters across Canada await newsman Norman ...

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Great fun! The English and the Norman Conquest by A Williams (The Boydell Press, 1995). A new look at the defeated. Domesday: A Search for the Roots of England by Michael Wood (BBC Books, 1999).

The Norman Conquest was a thorough-going revolution which, as so often happens in history, was driven by a great figure - William the Conqueror.

LONDON (AP) — The Bayeux Tapestry, a 70-meter- (229 foot)-long medieval artwork that depicts the Norman conquest of England, will be displayed in Britain next year for the first time ...