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The legend of Hereward : a novel of Norman England 1063-1071 AD Mike Ripley.

Title: The legend of Hereward : a novel of Norman England 1063-1071 AD Mike Ripley.
Author: Ripley, Mike
Publication: Surrey, Eng. ; New York, NY : Severn House, 2007.

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262 p. : maps; 23 cm.

Summary

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.

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History
Fiction

Note

As desribed by Thomas of Ely, of blessed memory, in 1107 AD. Suitably edited by Gerald of Wales in Lincoln in 1205 AD. -- TTP.

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ISBN

9780727865038 (hbk)
072786503X (hbk)
9781847510068 (pbk)
184751006X (pbk)

OCLC

122954567

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Harvard Library