The 1066 Norman Bruisers: How European Thugs Became English Gentry

The fascinating story of the social evolution of William the Conqueror's invaders and the generations that followed: "A great book." —Medieval Sword School
The 1066 Norman Bruisers conjures up the vanished world of England in the late Middle Ages and casts light on one of the strangest quirks in the nation's history: how a bunch of European thugs became the quintessentially English gentry.

In 1066, go-getting young immigrant Osbern Fitz Tezzo crossed the Channel in William the Conqueror's ...