{"product_id":"2026200016425-secondhand-william-the-conqueror","title":"William The Conqueror","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew figures in medieval history cast as long a shadow as the Norman duke who crossed the English Channel in 1066 and forever altered the course of a nation. David C. Douglas's authoritative biography chronicles the life of William I of England — from his illegitimate birth in Normandy and his brutal struggle to consolidate power as a young duke, to his audacious conquest of England at the Battle of Hastings and his iron-fisted reign as king. Drawing on an impressive command of primary sources, Douglas reconstructs the political, military, and ecclesiastical landscape of 11th-century Europe with scholarly precision and vivid narrative force.\n\nWilliam the Conqueror stands as a landmark work of medieval scholarship, presenting its subject not merely as a conqueror, but as a statesman and architect of a new Anglo-Norman world whose legacy shaped English law, language, and culture for centuries to come. Douglas's prose is meticulous yet compellingly readable, illuminating the paradoxes of a man who was simultaneously ruthless and deeply pious, a destroyer and a builder of institutions. For anyone seeking to understand how one man's ambition reshaped a civilisation, this magisterial biography remains the definitive place to start.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49336820334811,"sku":"2026200016425-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/076bfb08-ecaa-4ec4-bb6a-dedafc5f4143.png?v=1789958918","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200016425-secondhand-william-the-conqueror","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}