{"product_id":"the-bayeux-tapestry-signed-paperback-edition","title":"The Bayeux Tapestry - Signed Paperback Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eby Armitage, Simon | Poetry\u003cbr\u003ePublished 04\/06\/2026 by Faber \u0026amp; Faber in the United Kingdom \u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 40 pages\u003cbr\u003e204 x 156mm | 0g\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSigned Paperback Edition - Paperback - Publishes October 6th\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Bayeux Tapestry comes alive in this poetic retelling by the Poet Laureate\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat is a sacred oath?\u003cbr\u003eLanguage dipped in gold?\u003cbr\u003eLetters carved in cathedral stone?\u003cbr\u003eThe alphabet carried on the breath of God?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Bayeux Tapestry is world-famous, yet the story behind it is less familiar.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlmost a thousand years after the artefact’s creation, Poet Laureate Simon Armitage translates its graphic depictions into lyrical language, vividly exploring the dramatic events leading to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe sections are presented through the perspectives of the two main protagonists, Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex, and William, Duke of Normandy – from Harold’s hasty presumption of the throne of England to the ‘human avalanche’ planned in response by William. Incidents on both sides of the Channel come to a bloody conclusion at the infamous Battle of Hastings, where nothing less than the future of a country is at stake.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eArmitage’s urgent and imaginative verse allows us to experience these historical scenes with a contemporary freshness, as if we could hear the inner thoughts of the warring rivals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of the Bayeux Tapestry comes alive in these pages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"THE CLEEVE BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57448292352375,"sku":"9780571407620","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/0729\/3737\/files\/theBayeuxTapestrySimonArmitage.png?v=1789028797","url":"https:\/\/thecleevebookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-bayeux-tapestry-signed-paperback-edition","provider":"The Cleeve Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}