Dan Snow
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15,398 appearances
106 recordings
11 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard yesterday
Dan Snow’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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We think he travels about one hundred and eighty five miles, and around two hundred miles in four days.
It's pretty astonishing.
It was a lightning mark.
We think that's characteristic of Harold.
He was a warrior.
He'd
really impressed in a war against the Welsh, for example.
He'd subdued several Welsh leaders and he was quick.
He moved with speed.
He knew his way around a battlefield.
And he had worked out the best way to deal with this Viking invasion would be to nip it in the bud, to get there as fast as he could and snuff it out.
He gets to just south of the city of York, he meets up with some more troops, he gains some intelligence, he hears about the Vikings and where they're gonna be.
So he marches into the city of York, doesn't stop, marches straight through it.
to this meeting place at Stamford Bridge.
He's going to ambush the Vikings.
Meanwhile, Harold Hardrada was feeling great.
He was feeling overconfident, in fact.
He and some of his troops advanced up from their ships, up from their camp, towards Stanford Bridge.
Many had left their armor behind, it was a sweltering hot day, they had no need to worry, they just won a crushing victory.
He had perhaps a third of his army with him.
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