Product Description "ABOUT THE BOOK: 1066: THE YEAR OF THE CONQUEST BY DAVID HOWARTH. 1066 is the date the English remember long after they have forgotten all the others. It is the date of the Battle of Hastings: the last time foreign invaders arrived, and never left. Howarth's brilliant stroke is to show us the events with all the immediacy of today's headlines. "Very well narrated," Media Review. Narrated by Tony Barbour, Unabridged 5 audio cassettes, 6 and half hours. P 1980 by Recorded Books, Inc."