Charles Spencer The White Ship 2020 HarperCollins Publishers Limited 2020
This listing is for The White Ship by Charles Spencer (2020) — Book — EAN/ISBN 9780008296803.
Synopsis
THE #2 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER<br> <br> <br> <br> 'As gripping as any thriller. History doesn't get any better than this' BILL BRYSON<br> <br> <br> <br> 'A brilliant read ... Game of Thrones but in the real world' ANTHONY HOROWITZ<br> <br> PICKED AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 BY THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, THE GUARDIAN, THE DAILY MAIL AND THE DAILY EXPRESS.<br> <br> <br> <br> The sinking of the White Ship in 1120 is one of the greatest disasters England has ever suffered. In one catastrophic night, the king's heir and the flower of Anglo-Norman society were drowned and the future of the crown was thrown violently off course.<br> <br> <br> <br> In a riveting narrative, Charles Spencer follows the story from the Norman Conquest through to the decades that would become known as the Anarchy: a civil war of untold violence that saw families turn in on each other with English and Norman barons, rebellious Welsh princes and the Scottish king all playing a part in a desperate game of thrones. All because of the loss of one vessel - the White Ship - the medieval Titanic.<br> <br> <br> <br> 'Highly enjoyable' Simon Heffer<br> <br> 'Brilliant' Dan Jones<br> <br> 'Fascinating' Tom Bower<br> <br> <br> <br> The #2 Sunday Times bestseller on Sunday 18 June 2021