Description The success of the Norman Conquest of Britain turned on one lucky break.
For months, William of Normandy waited for an opportunity to cross the Channel and invade.
But he needed favourable weather and the wind refused to co-operate.
The Anglo Saxon King Harold, meanwhile, waited with his army and might well have defeated him.
But only weeks before the wind changed, Harold received shattering news.
The King of Norway had invaded Yorkshire with a huge Viking army and 30.
Connell Publishing The normans: how william the conqueror changed britain forever, paperback/daniel gerrard
