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DomesdayBookhasbeendescribedas'themostvaluablepieceofantiquitypossessedbyanynation.'(DavidHume)Butacompletetranslationhasneverbeenavailablebeforeatanaffordableprice.Penguin'seditionwillchangethat.Compiledinamatterofmonthsin1086atthebehestofWilliamtheConqueror,Domesdayquicklyestablisheditselfasdocumentofimmenselegalimportance.Itwaslastconsultedforlegalprecedentin1982.ItisalsothemostremarkableportraitofEnglandinthelateeleventhcentury.ThepublicationofacompletetranslationofGreatandLittleDomesdayisalreadybeingeagerlyanticipatedbyhistorians.ThereareadvancequotesfromNormanDavies,MichaelWood,RoyStrongandAntoniaFraser.