{"product_id":"9780141977850","title":"William I (Penguin Monarchs): England's Conqueror","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn Christmas Day 1066, William, duke of Normandy was crowned in   Westminster, the first Norman king of England. It was a disaster:   soldiers outside, thinking shouts of acclamation were treachery,  torched  the surrounding buildings. To later chroniclers, it was an omen  of the  catastrophes to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the reign of William the  Conqueror,  England experienced greater and more seismic change than at  any point  before or since. Marc Morris's concise and gripping biography  sifts  through the sources of the time to give a fresh view of the man  who  changed England more than any other, as old ruling elites were  swept  away, enemies at home and abroad (including those in his closest  family)  were crushed, swathes of the country were devastated and the  map of the  nation itself was redrawn, giving greater power than ever to  the king. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen,  towards the end of his reign, William  undertook a great survey of his  new lands, his subjects compared it to  the last judgement of God, the  Domesday Book. England had been  transformed forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books, Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108865032432,"sku":"9780141977850","price":18.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780141977850_p0.jpg?v=1763656068","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780141977850","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}