The story of a clash that defined the future of a country and a continent for a thousand years. Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy were two men destined to meet at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. These two former allies with no design on the British throne found themselves forced by circumstance and personal obsession into a war for possession of its crown.

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James Norton

Harold Godwinson

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

William of Normandy

Emily Beecham

Edith Swanneck

Clémence Poésy

Matilda of Normandy

Jason Forbes

Thane Thomas