The Legend of Hereward
Subtitle: A Novel of Norman England, 1063-1071 AD
Publisher: Severn House Publishers
Published: June 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780727865038
Subjects: Historical fiction; Historical - General; Chronological Period/Medieval (500-1453); Cultural Region/British Isles; Fiction / Historical; Fiction; Fiction - Historical
Description: When truth and legend conflict, which becomes history? - England, AD 1066. When William the Conqueror turns his eye on wealthy English monasteries, the abbey of Ely finds itself an unlikely champion in the brave but unpredictable Hereward, whose resistance to the Norman invaders soon leads to murder, deceit, robbery, rebellion and finally open war ... A century later, a learned monk discovers the truth about Hereward as well as the legend.