King Harold: tragic hero of the English

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famously died at the Battle of Hastings. With his demise at the hands of Duke William of Normandy, all Ushering in a new Norman period. Speaking to David Musgrove in this episode of the History Extra podcast. Historian Tom Lysens draws on his new biography of the Anglo Saxon King.

To explore Harold's military experience. And investigate his complicated family. and political ties. We are all talking about the Bayer Tapestry with the big loan to the British Museum, and King Harold is, of course, a key figure in the embroidery. Indeed, some might say he's the hero of the first half of it. So I wanted to find out a bit more about Harold from Tom Lysens, who has just written Harold's biography in the Yale Monarch series. So a great expert to have on the podcast.

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