Under New Management

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Jason standing beside the stone at Battle Abbey that marks where King Harold died
Battle Abbey, at the stone marking the abbey's high altar. William put the altar on the spot where, by tradition, Harold died.

I'm Jason, and I blame a dog for this show. As a high school sophomore, I learned that General George Patton named his bull terrier Willie, after William the Conqueror. I looked William up. I never really stopped.

It's been an obsession ever since. In 2022, my wife and I went to Battle (yes, the town is actually called Battle) and toured everything for miles around. Nothing says romance like a battlefield.

I came home wanting to write a book. One problem: my brain is so literal it reads fiction like a contract. So this show is my workaround. I tell the true story out loud, every week, and wait for the creative juices to start flowing. Or at least trickling.

I hope you enjoy this half as much as I'm going to.