Stephen, King of England began to influence the loyalty of many Anglo-Norman barons, who feared losing their lands in England to Robert and the Empress, and their possessions in Normandy to Geoffrey. Many started to leave Stephen's faction. His friend and advisor Waleran was one of those who decided to defect in mid-1141, crossing into Normandy to secure his ancestral possessions by allying himself with the Angevins, and bringing Worcestershire into the Empress's camp. Waleran's twin brother, Robert of Leicester, effectively withdrew from fighting in the conflict at the same time. Other supporters of the Empress were restored in their former strongholds, such as
The Last of England (film) fatalities that bomber crews experienced and the carpet-bombing of civilians. The book and to a lesser extent the film are very much in the tradition of Roland Barthes "Camera Lucida", Susan Sontag's "On Photography", Jeanette Winterson's 'Art Objects' and to a lesser extent John Berger's "Ways of Seeing" in that he has used the deeply familiar and personal as a vehicle for dialogue about art and contemporary culture. The Last of England (film) The Last of England is a 1987 British arthouse film directed by Derek Jarman and starring Tilda Swinton. It is a poetic, rather than realistic, depiction of