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Hereward: The Definitive Biography of the Famous English Outlaw Who Rebelled Against William the Conqueror
Peter Rex
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Description for Hereward: The Definitive Biography of the Famous English Outlaw Who Rebelled Against William the Conqueror
Paperback. The definitive biography of the famous English outlaw who rebelled against William the Conqueror Num Pages: 224 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; BGH; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 242.
After the Norman victory in Hastings in 1066, William the Conqueror's oppression of the English led to widespread famine, death and destruction, culminating in the brutal Harrying of the North and the deaths of 100,000 people. Did the English submit to the tyranny of their oppressors? Or was this to be the beginning of one man's fight for liberty? Returning from Flanders to find his country taken over by the Normans, Hereward, known traditionally (and erroneously) as 'the Wake', embarked on a path of resistance that was to start with the violent plundering of the monastery at Peterborough. Subsequently ... Read more
After the Norman victory in Hastings in 1066, William the Conqueror's oppression of the English led to widespread famine, death and destruction, culminating in the brutal Harrying of the North and the deaths of 100,000 people. Did the English submit to the tyranny of their oppressors? Or was this to be the beginning of one man's fight for liberty? Returning from Flanders to find his country taken over by the Normans, Hereward, known traditionally (and erroneously) as 'the Wake', embarked on a path of resistance that was to start with the violent plundering of the monastery at Peterborough. Subsequently ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445604770
SKU
V9781445604770
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About Peter Rex
Peter Rex was Head of History at Prince thorpe College for twenty years. He was an acknowledged expert on Eleventh-century English and Norman history. Sadly, Peter Rex died in March 2012.
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