| Front | Hereward the Wake |
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| Back | Charles Kingsley's last complete novel 1866 An English outlaw who led a rising against William the Conqueror in 1070 and was defeated at Ely Hereward the Wake: Last of the English (also published as Hereward, the Last of the English) is an 1866 novel by Charles Kingsley. 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.[1] |
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