Alan Lloyd (1) (1927–2018)

Lloyd examines the lives of three ambitious men,Harold Godwinson,William The Conqueror and Harald Hardrada as they vied and fought to determine who would be King.Shows the environment that produced the men involved in Anglo-Saxon England, Scandinavia, and feudal Normandy. Evidence has been brought from a wide range of subjects - food, drink and agriculture, arms, costume and ship construction, superstition, legend and local history.

The war fought on the Western Front between 1914 and 1918 has no precedent in history. It was a war between two stubborn enemies, each dug into the wet earth of Northern France and Belgium and facing each other across a merciless no-man's land. In a single day of trench warfare the British lost more men than their battle casualties of the Crimean and Boer wars combined, and far more than their worst losses for any day in World War II.

Decent enough account. A little confusing in places as he switches between characters and in many ways it's a bit more "boys own" than proper history, but an easy enough read and worth it if you're interested in this sort of stuff.

An excellent short overview of the conflict. Focusing more on the military and tactical aspects of the war, it makes, along with [a:Anne Curry|193638|Anne Curry|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/f_50x66-6a03a5c12233c941481992b82eea8d23.png]'s more strategic and political [b:The Hundred Years' War 1337–1453|1095141|The Hundred Years' War 1337–1453|Anne Curry|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1419414849s/1095141.jpg|1081966], an excellent introduction to the subject.