The House of Godwin
Author Michael John Key Price £25 Publisher Amberley
In this fascinating book, Key recounts the extraordinary rise and the even more dramatic fall of the House of Godwin and successfully argues that, if Harold had prevailed at the Battle of Hastings (and it was a very close-run thing) he would have gone on to be regarded as one of the great kings of English history, and Earl Godwin as the founder of one of the great royal dynasties. But Harold’s exhausted men were unable to hold out. William won, and history took one of its sharpest turns.