Bibliograph

Hereward the Wake,, "last of the English,", by Charles Kingsley; with an introduction by Maurice Kingsley ..

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Hereward the Wake,, "last of the English,", by Charles Kingsley; with an introduction by Maurice Kingsley ..

Language

eng

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Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Hereward the Wake,

Oclc number

6469853

Responsibility statement

by Charles Kingsley; with an introduction by Maurice Kingsley ..

Series statement

The works of Charles Kingsley, v. 9-10

Sub title

"last of the English,"

Summary

Hereward was a teenage warrior from the Fens of Anglia, the son of Earl Leofric and Lady Godiva. He killed and killed until he was exiled, where he became a mercenary suppressing the Dutch on behalf of Norman overlords. When they invaded England, he spent many years fighting a guerilla war against them. But he was unfaithful to his wife, and that fatal flaw meant that he made a peace that his many enemies were bound to break

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