The 1066 From Normandy pulls into a reading room near you. This time in paper and electrons, it tells yet another tale of Brother Hermitage. That’s Chronicle no 16, which seems a little over-indulgent if I may make so bold.

This time the subject matter is taxing in the extreme; and it’s King William’s tax so Hermitage had better get things sorted out. The first thing to try and sort out is what tax is in the first place. Wat the Weaver seems to know a lot about it, perhaps a little too much.

And if tax alone wasn’t enough there’s some death to go with it; which is much more up Hermitage’s habit… now read on.