Marc Morris (born 1973) is a British historian, who has also presented a television series, ''Castle'', on

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in the United Kingdom, and wrote the book that accompanied the series. His 2005 book on the earls of the

Bigod family The Bigod family was a medieval Norman family, the second Earls of Norfolk, the first being Ralph de Guader. Succession * Roger Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk, father of the true 1st Earl *Hugh Bigod, 1st Earl of Norfolk (1095–1177), second s ...

was praised for its "impeccable research and fluent sense of narration". He was educated at Oakwood Park Grammar School, King's College London (History, 1996) and the

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Bibliography

* ''Castle: A History of the Buildings that Shaped Medieval Britain'' (2003) * ''The Bigod Earls of Norfolk in the Thirteenth Century'' (2005) * ''A Great and Terrible King: Edward I and the Forging of Britain'' (2008) * ''The Norman Conquest: The Battle of Hastings and the Fall of Anglo-Saxon England'' (2012) * ''Kings and Castles'' (2012) * ''King John: Treachery, Tyranny and the Road to Magna Carta'' (2015) * ''William I: England's Conqueror'' (2016) * ''The Anglo-Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England'' (2021)

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1973 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Alumni of King's College London Alumni of the University of Oxford English historians 21st-century American politicians {{UK-historian-stub