'Mark Hagger tells the story of William the Conqueror accurately and concisely in an attractive style and a highly accessible format.' Ann Williams, author of The World Before Domesday. 'This is the first new biography of William the Conqueror for more than two decades, and has accordingly been able to take account of new research which has thrown light on such matters as William's rule in western Normandy, his travels between England and Normandy, and the making of Domesday Book. Mark Hagger has kept the Conqueror himself very much as the focus of the narrative and there is an independence of judgment that sees the author cutting a clear path through the jungle of scholarship that surrounds the Conqueror and the year 1066. It will certainly prompt lively discussion.' Judith Green, author of The Aristocracy of Norman England
