The Conqueror Author:Georgette Heyer BORN TO COMMAND — the day the beautiful Herleva gave birth to William, she dreamt that a tree sprang from her womb - a giant among trees, whose mighty branches overshadowed all of Normandy and England. Barely grown to manhood, her half-noble bastard son forced the Norman lords to call him their Duke. Then William gathered his vassals to struggle ... more »for the crown of England. Only one woman could match William's pride - the green-eyed Matilda of Flanders. Could William, in his strange and brutal way, conquer her too?« less