The policies of William the Conqueror, king of England from 1066 until his death in 1087, may be largely responsible for eventually making Britain the most powerful nation in Europe.
William, the illegitimate son of Robert, Duke of Normandy and Herleva of Falaise, was born in 1027. His mother was the daughter of a tanner. It was claimed that Robert fell in love with Herleva when he saw her doing the washing in the stream which passed her father's tannery at the...
the grandson and son of successive constables of Normandy. In 1191 a charter was issued to Gila and Richard, known as thecharte aux lacs d’amour(the charter of the laces of love), which had laces attached to the seal on which was written a love poem: ‘I am a pledge...
bringing fears of the destruction of humanity by nuclear weapons hardly made him feel more optimistic. He has a reputation for painting a grim picture of the human condition, although he claimed in his Nobel acceptance
"It looked like a farmyard in a picture, far out in the country somewhere," resumed Kitty; "and Mr. Arbuton did it the honor to say it was just like Normandy." "Kitty!" "He did, indeed, Fanny; and the cows didn't go down on their knees out of gratitude, either. Well, off...
He also served in the attack of Normandy. In World War 2, Golding became more close to the behaviour of people. As a teaching, the experience of the Navy also helped him in his fictional career. On 30 September 1939 Golding got married to Anna Brookfield. Anna was a chemist. They had...
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William Cobbett (born March 9, 1763, Farnham, Surrey, England—died June 18, 1835, Normandy, Surrey) was an English popular journalist who played an important political role as a champion of traditional rural England against the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution. His father was a ...
"It looked like a farmyard in a picture, far out in the country somewhere," resumed Kitty; "and Mr. Arbuton did it the honor to say it was just like Normandy." "Kitty!" "He did, indeed, Fanny; and the cows didn't go down on their knees out of gratitude, either. Well, off...