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1066: The Lost Hastings Battlefield Hardcover – September 30, 2023

by David John Barnby (Author), John Leftwich (Author)
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 3 ratings
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A fully illustrated examination of the Battle of Hastings' historic accounts and analysis on the terrain and topography of the land.

The year 1066 is a date in English history that changed the way people lived and were governed, as well as transforming the language of the land. Astonishingly, this book finds the traditional site attracting many thousands of visitors each year is not where the battle was actually fought.

The death of King Edward the Confessor in January 1066 set off competing claims for the English throne by Norwegian King Harald Hardrada, Duke William of Normandy and the English magnate, Harold Godwinson; contentions finally settled at the epic Battle of Hastings later that year.

This book tells the compelling story, from the Norman duke's crossing with an army, that included a large cavalry contingent, in a fleet of Viking looking longboats from St Valery on the French coast, to the final battle, the Battle of Hastings, on Blackhorse Hill on the high ridge some two miles east of the traditional site at Battle Abbey. It was there that King Harold met his end when surrounded and attacked by Norman knights in the closing stages of the battle. In addition, the story from the Viking invasion of Lindisfarne until William’s crossing of the Channel and events leading up to William’s death have been included to provide context to our main story.

The sequence of events told here relies upon the several historic accounts and the placing of events, carefully matching them to the terrain described there with the topography of the area, a painstaking process of trial and error, to accurately place the battle site on Blackhorse Hill. The author has made use of satellite imagery, not previously available to earlier authors on the battle, to confirm the location of the old Cinque port of Hastings (first proposed by Nick Austin in his Secrets of the Norman Invasion), the site of Duke Williams's pre-battle camp. The author has analyzed the relative distances from the old port to the Battle Abbey site and the Blackhorse Hill site to eliminate the former and confirm the latter.

As far as is known, no-one has ever considered the Blackhorse Hill site before and it is hoped that this will inspire researchers to expand upon these findings.
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  1. Print length
    224 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Pen and Sword Military
  4. Publication date
    September 30, 2023
  5. Dimensions
    6.14 x 0.94 x 9.29 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1399049054
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1399049054
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“An original, iconoclastic, significant, and invaluable contribution to the history of 1066 AD and the Norman invasion of England…”
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About the Author

David Barnby graduated from what is now known as the City University, London in electrical engineering and following a long career in telecommunications engineering, turned to writing and produced several books. His book, Life and Times of Nicolas Forget follows the life of the mid-17th century French Canadian explore and fur trader, who was the previously unidentified traveling companion of Des Grossellier. With a life-long interest in history and analytical skills gained during his working life, it was an easy transition to researching and writing 1066: The Lost Hastings Battlefield.

John Leftwich is the model maker extraordinaire who constructed a model of the Hastings Battlefield for the better understanding of the battlefield topography. He also drew the maps and diagrams for the book and advised on technical issues. He has a long career in the graphic arts industry producing both technical and figurative illustrations, and later graphic designs for print.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen and Sword Military (September 30, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1399049054
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1399049054
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.48 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.14 x 0.94 x 9.29 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 3 ratings

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5.0 out of 5 stars The actual site of the Battle of Hastings revealed!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 5, 2023
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This is a fascinating book which sets out to establish a definitive location for the Battle of Hastings which, despite the importance of the battle to English history, is conspicuously missing at the moment. Tradition of course asserts the battle took place at Battle Abbey (King Harold having been killed where the altar once stood, as English Heritage would have us believe) but there is no real evidence to substantiate this: the documents the monks produced in the 12th. century to back their claim were almost certainly forgeries – and even Time Team could find no archaeological evidence for a battle having taken place on the site.
Parts I and III of the book are there, as the author himself points out, to provide context; the main part of the book is Part II. Here the author describes the careful search he has made of the contemporary records of the battle looking, in particular, for references to physical features and terrain (there are very few actual place names given) which he then matches to a detailed survey of the local topography; this enables him to give precise locations for many of the events described, in particular the site of the actual battle which he gives as Blackhorse Hill, a site not previously considered. The author is to be commended on the detailed and objective way in which he makes use of the available records and on the excellent maps and diagrams showing the topography of the area which he and John Leftwich, the graphic artist involved, have produced .
Blackhorse Hill has a lot going for it as the site of the battle, as the author demonstrates: it provides Harold with a steep, defensive position he could use to hold off the feared Norman cavalry and it has features that fit in with episodes in the battle like the Malfosse incident and the Saxon rout at the end; in addition, it fits in with the known movements of William’s army on the morning of the battle.

This book is well worth reading by anyone who has an interest in history and in particular, appreciates an author who is prepared to back his assertions with evidence that can be substantiated. What the book needs now is an organisation which can mount an archaeological survey of the site to continue the investigation!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic book.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 22, 2023
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Well written and illustrated book.
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