Folk heroes of Britain
By: Charles Kightly.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 1982
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780500250822
Subjects: Legends -- England.; Heroes -- England -- Biography.; Great Britain -- History -- To 1485.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 192-197.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The beloved cattle expert : Caratacus and the Roman conquest of Britain; title: The bloody queen : Boadicea's revolt against Rome; title: Old Coel the Splendid : the real King Cole; title: Sons of Woden and champions of Christ : the heroes of Anglo-Saxon England; title: The English resistance : Hereward and the Fenland Revolt against William the Conqueror; title: The outlaw general : William Wallace and the Scottish War of Independence 1296-1305