THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'As gripping as any thriller. History doesn't get any better than this' BILL BRYSON
'A brilliant read ... Game of Thrones but in the real world' ANTHONY HOROWITZ
PICKED AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 BY
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, THE GUARDIAN, THE DAILY MAIL AND THE DAILY EXPRESS.
The sinking of the White Ship in 1120 is
one of the greatest disasters England has ever suffered. In one
catastrophic night, the king's heir and the flower of Anglo-Norman
society were drowned and the future of the crown was thrown violently
off course.
In a riveting narrative, Charles Spencer
follows the story from the Norman Conquest through to the decades that
would become known as the Anarchy: a civil war of untold violence that
saw families turn in on each other with English and Norman barons,
rebellious Welsh princes and the Scottish king all playing a part in a
desperate game of thrones. All because of the loss of one vessel - the
White Ship - the medieval Titanic.
