Andrew Bridgeford
Walker & Co., 384 p., $15.95 softcover, various ebook editions available
From time to time, I like to post something having to do with history, and just history, no fiction. Or rather, no more fiction than serious history books promulgate. I came across this book while browsing in the local box store, read a chapter or two, came back a week later and read another chapter, and then bought the thing for my ereader.
I found it quite fascinating. I knew, of course, who William the Conqueror was. The coaches teaching my history classes in school were able to impart that much information to me. And I'd heard of the Bayeux Tapestry, the only surviving tapestry from the time period, and considered one of the primary sources of information (albeit limited) that we have about the events leading up to the invasion. But I'd never really known many of the details about either. Until now.
