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He was indeed the illegitimate son of Duke Robert of Normandy and the daughter of a tanner called Ellave. And in the cutthroat world of feudal Normandy, it was important that he learn, and learn quickly, how to survive. He was only a child when his father died on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, leaving William, just eight years old, as his heir, a lamb thrown to the wolves. Certainly Edward would have known the young William. There were even suggestions that he was one of the handpicked companions entrusted by William' s father, Duke Robert, with keeping an eye on the vulnerable young boy. So Edward would have seen how William survived the traumas of his childhood, narrowly escaping assassination attempts, how William was forced at just ten, to witness the brutal murder of his beloved steward in his bedchamber, before his very eyes. And Edward must have marvelled at the way the stripling boy grew into a steely and ruthless young man, eventually triumphing in battle over a formidable league of rebel nobles. |
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tā shì nuò màn dǐ gōng jué luó bèi ěr yī shì, hé yí gè míng jiào ài ěr lái fú de xié jiàng nǚ ér de sī shēng zǐ, zài fēng jiàn de nuò màn dǐ zhè gè ruò ròu qiáng shí de shì jiè lǐ, duì tā lái shuō xùn sù xué huì rú hé shēng cún bǐ shén me dōu zhòng yào, dāng tā fù qīn sǐ zài cháo shèng de lù shàng shí tā hái zhǐ shì gè hái zi, nián jǐn bā suì de de wēi lián chéng wéi le jué wèi de jì chéng rén, zhè wú yì yáng rù láng qún. háo wú yí wèn, ài dé huá dìng duì xiǎo wēi lián yǒu suǒ ěr wén, shèn zhì yǒu jī xiàng biǎo míng, tā shì wēi lián zhī fù luó bèi ěr gōng jué qīn zì dìng xià de tuō gū rén xuǎn, fù zé zhào kàn zhè gè léi ruò de xiǎo nán hái, yīn cǐ, ài dé huá yǐ jīng mù dǔ le wēi lián rú hé zài tóng nián jīng lì de jié nàn zhōng xìng cún, jīng xiǎn dì duǒ guò àn shā. yǐ jí nián jǐn shí suì de wēi lián zài wò fáng zhōng qīn yǎn mù dǔ, zì jǐ qīn ài de guǎn jiā bèi cán rěn dì shā hài. ài dé huá kěn dìng jīng yà yú zhè gè xiǎo nán hái rú hé cháng chéng le yí gè bīng lěng cán kù de nián qīng rén, bìng zuì zhōng zhàn shèng qiáng dà de pàn luàn guì zú lián méng de. |