1066: The Hidden History in the Bayeux Tapestry Bridgeford, Andrew

For more than nine hundred years the Bayeux Tapestry?one of the worlds greatest historical documents and artistic achievements?has preserved the story of one of historys greatest dramas: the Norman Conquest of England, culminating in the death of King Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 Historians have held for centuries that the majestic tapestry?almost 300 feet in length?trumpets the glory of William the Conqueror and the victorious Norman ISBN10: 0802777422 ISBN13: 9780802777423 Material Type: paperback