Hereward the Wake.Charles Kingsley.
by Charles Kingsley
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine
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Scarborough , North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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Recently rebound in half blue morocco with marbled paper sides. Black leather spine labels and gilding to the spine.
Hereward the Wake (c.1035 – c.1072) (also known as Hereward the Outlaw or Hereward the Exile) was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman and a leader of local resistance to the Norman Conquest of England. His base, when leading the rebellion against the Norman rulers, was the Isle of Ely in eastern England. According to legend he roamed the Fens, which nowadays covers the parts of the modern counties of Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Norfolk, leading popular opposition to William the Conqueror. Hereward is an Old English name, composed of the elements here, "army" and ward "guard" (cognate with the Old High German name Heriwart). The epithet "the Wake", first recorded in the 14th century, may mean "the watchful", or derive from the Anglo-Norman Wake family who later claimed descent from him.
Charles Kingsley (12 June 1819 – 23 January 1875) was a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. He is particularly associated with Christian socialism, the working men's college, and forming labour cooperatives, which failed, but encouraged later working reforms. He was a friend and correspondent of Charles Darwin.
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- Bookseller
- Martin Frost (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- FB932 /7
- Title
- Hereward the Wake.Charles Kingsley.
- Author
- Charles Kingsley
- Format/Binding
- Calf spine with marbled boards.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Size
- 14 x20 x3cm
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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