The Legend of Hereward the Wake
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The Legend of Hereward the Wake 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.Mike Ripley is the author of twenty-four comic thrillers and historical novels, and has twice won the Crime Writers' Association's Last Laugh Award. He writes the Getting Away With Murder monthly review column for Shots Magazine, and he's also the author of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, a'reader's history' of British action and spy thrillers from 1953 to 1975, which received the H.R.F. In 2017, the Keating Prize for nonfiction was given. With Mr Campion's Goodbye (Severn House, 2014; Black Thorn, 2019), he finished a novel started by Margery Allingham's husband, Pip Youngman Carter, in 1969 but never finished. Mr Campion's Fox, Mr Campion's Fault, Mr Campion's Abdication, Mr Campion's War, Mr Campion's Visit, and Mr Campion's Séance, he considers his attempts to fly solo with, and do honour to, a great literary figure.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780727865038 |
| ISBN 10 | 072786503X |
| Title | The Legend of Hereward the Wake |
| Author | Mike Ripley |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Canongate Books |
| Year published | 2007-02-05 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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