The Legend of Hereward by Mike Ripley

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The Legend of Hereward by Mike Ripley

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The Legend of Hereward by Mike Ripley

On mid-summer's eve in the year 1063, just before noon, two young men, heavily armed, rode into Bourne looking for a fight. It was the beginning of the Legend of Hereward - but which Hereward? Hereward The Outlaw? Hereward the Firestarter? Hereward the Plunderer? Hereward the Witch-Killer? Was he an English hero leading a last-ditch resistance against William the Conqueror and the invading Normans, whose exploits inspired the romantic myth of Robin Hood? Or was he a dangerous 'berserker' for whom murder, deceit and betrayal were constant companions? More than a century on from his short and violent life, it is the learned monk Gerald of Wales (Giraldus Cambriensis or Gerald de Barri) who has to piece together - and put a favourable gloss on - the legend of Hereward and reveal what happened at the siege of Ely and its Abbey, deep in the flooded and mysterious East Anglian Fens.

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SKU Nicht verfügbar
ISBN 13 9781847510068
Titel The Legend of Hereward
Autor Mike Ripley
Buchzustand Nicht verfügbar
Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Canongate Books
Erscheinungsjahr 2007-10-17
Seitenanzahl 272
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