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Hereward the Wake: Last of the English – Charles Kingsley

R250.00

It tells the story of Hereward, a historical Anglo-Saxon figure who led resistance against the Normans from a base in Ely surrounded by fen land. It was Kingsley’s last historical novel, and was instrumental in elevating Hereward into an English folk-hero.

Price: 250.00

Edition: Reprint

Date published: 1898

Publishers: Macmillan and Co

Condition: Marbled hardcover embossed with the insignia of the ‘South African College’ – book prize to student. Signs of shelf wear around the edges of the cover and spine. Embossed lettering on the spine still clear and legible. Minor foxing throughout the book and “prize plate’ on the inside cover. Otherwise very clean and tightly bound.

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Description

It tells the story of Hereward, a historical Anglo-Saxon figure who led resistance against the Normans from a base in Ely surrounded by fen land. It was Kingsley’s last historical novel, and was instrumental in elevating Hereward into an English folk-hero.

Price: 250.00

Edition: Reprint

Date published: 1898

Publishers: Macmillan and Co

Condition: Marbled hardcover embossed with the insignia of the ‘South African College’ – book prize to student. Signs of shelf wear around the edges of the cover and spine. Embossed lettering on the spine still clear and legible. Minor foxing throughout the book and “prize plate’ on the inside cover. Otherwise very clean and tightly bound.

Additional information

Weight 600 g