Stephen besieged Oxford Castle for three months, starving out the garrison. On the night of surrender, Empress Matilda escaped across the frozen Thames — dressed in a white cloak for camouflage in the snow — to Abingdon, then Wallingford. The audacious escape became legendary. It exemplifies the indecisive nature of The Anarchy — neither side could deliver a final blow.
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
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