This is the story of her… & the story of Jake.
When Leila Jones loses her precious charm bracelet & a stranger finds
The greatest true-crime story in music history.
In the summer of 1980, ten years after the break-up of the Beatles,
Hastings, October 1066. The Normans have landed in Sussex, ready for battle. They have prepared for everything about the English
- except their absence? Their enemy, King Harold & his fyrd, are hundreds of miles away, fighting to expel the Viking host in the north. But they have heard that William has landed & rumour is that they are marching back, triumphant & dangerous
- & spoiling for a second victory. Back in Sussex, Gilbert, a young scout in William's army, is sent out in search of the enemy. He is dedicated & ambitious, & determined to be the first with news for his leader. Deep in the English countryside, Edwin, houndsman to King Harold, longs too for glory. He has missed the first battle against the Vikings, but he will not miss the second. He knows his king is about to make history, & he is going to be part of it. & as the action sweeps up towards the hilltop close to Hastings where Harold will plant his standard
- defying the Bastard of Normandy to come & get it
- the ground is laid for battle. This is the story of the greatest battle ever seen on British soil & of the men who fought it. This is the story of the Battle of Hastings.