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To get his hands on the crown, Harold now did something inconceivable for a Godwine, something which one day would have disastrous consequences. He sold his own brother, Tostig, down the river. Tostig was the Earl of Northumbria. He was also the family hothead, had managed to provoke a northern rebellion against him. He' d been fleecing abbeys and monasteries, creating his own private army and generally acting like a greedy tyrannical brat. Inevitably, the local nobles rose against him, declared him outlaw and put in their own man to be the new earl. Harold was sent by King Edward to sort out the mess and was immediately faced with two tough choices. |
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shì shí shàng, wèi liǎo de dào wáng wèi, zuò wéi gē dé wēn jiā rén, hā luó dé jiē xià lái de jǔ dòng gèng lìng rén zé shé, bìng jiāng zài rì hòu yǐn fā zāi nàn xìng hòu guǒ. tā jiāng qīn dì di tuō sī tí gē rēng jìn le hé lǐ, nuò sēn bǐ yà bó jué tuō sī tí gē, zài jiā zú zhōng xiàng lái lǔ mǎng céng tiǎo qǐ guò yī cì běi bù pàn luàn, tā sōu guā gè gè xiū dào yuàn, jiàn lì le zì jǐ de sī rén jūn duì, huó tuì tuì yí gè tān lán cán bào de wán tóng. dāng dì guì zú bì rán fèn qǐ fǎn kàng, tā men rèn dìng tā wèi bù hé fǎ, bìng ān pái zì jǐ rén dǐng tì le bó jué. hā luó dé shòu ài dé huá guó wáng pài qiǎn, qián qù jiě jué fēn zhēng. tā lì mǎ jiù yíng lái le liǎng nán de xuǎn zé. |