Erin Goeres on Nineteen Days in Autumn
Monday 12th October, 7.30pm
Topping & Company Booksellers of St Andrews, 7 Greyfriars Garden, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9HG
6.50pm
7.30pm
Erin Goeres on Nineteen Days in Autumn: A New History of 1066
Join us for a an evening for a character-led history of the most famous year in English History. Goeres uncovers the complex histories, characters and motivations that drove the conflicts on 1066.
'A thrilling journey' - Alice Loxton
On 5 January 1066, Edward the Confessor's death plunged England into a succession crisis that would change the kingdom forever. Mere hours after Edward's remains had been laid to rest, his brother-in-law Harold II seized power, inciting the wrath of two formidable challengers: King Haraldr Sigurdarson of Norway and Edward's ambitious cousin, William, Duke of Normandy.
In this startling new history, Dr Erin Goeres unveils the intense drama that unfolded, culminating in the tumultuous nineteen days between the battles of Stamford Bridge and Hastings in the autumn of 1066, and which led to the deaths of two monarchs and the end of Anglo-Scandinavian rule in England.
Dr Erin Goeres is Associate Professor in Scandinavian Studies at UCL. She is the author of two acclaimed monographs and in 2021 was awarded a Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship. Erin is an expert on medieval history and culture and has appeared on BBC Radio 4's The Long View and In Our Time. Nineteen Days in Autumn is her first book for a general reader.