1066, the year of three battles, sees the end of the rule of the Saxon Kings as the matriarch of the Fitzroy clan, Turid Skjaldmær, finally delivers her curse. Her three grandsons unite to defeat Harold Godwinson at the battle of the Hoary Apple Tree and place the English crown into the hands of their master, William, the Duke of Normandie. But conquest has come at a great cost to both victors and vanquished. The battle may have been won but the Normans but the Saxons are far from beaten and the smoke of rebellion is in the air. & quotation: