A timeless tale of William the Conqueror’s Norman invasion of England, in colored yarn. Associated with such bellicose figures as William the Conqueror, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Heinrich Himmler, it is surprising that the delicate fabric of the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the story of William, Duke of Normandy, overcoming England’s king Harold Godwinson in the …
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