Hereward: (The Hereward Chronicles: book 1): A gripping and action-packed novel of Norman adventure… (Hereward, 1)

Hereward: (The Hereward Chronicles: book 1): A gripping and action-packed novel of Norman adventure… (Hereward, 1)

by JamesWilde (Author), JamesWilde (Author)

Synopsis

1062, a time many fear is the End of Days. With the English King Edward heirless and ailing, across the grey seas in Normandy the brutal William the Bastard waits for the moment when he can drown England in a tide of blood. The ravens of war are gathering. But as the king's closest advisors scheme and squabble amongst themselves, hopes of resisting the naked ambition of the Norman duke come to rest with just one man: Hereward... To some a brilliant warrior, to others a devil in human form, Hereward is as adept in the art of slaughter as the enemies that gather to claim England's throne. But in his country's hour of greatest need, he has been declared an outlaw. To stay alive - and a freeman - he must carve a bloody swathe from the frozen hills of Northumbria to Flanders' fields and the fenlands of East Anglia. The tale of a man whose deeds will become the stuff of legend, this is also the story of two mis-matched allies: Hereward the man of war, and Alric, a monk and a man of peace. One will risk everything to save the land he loves, the other to save his friend's soul...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 480
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 29 Mar 2012

ISBN 10: 055382516X
ISBN 13: 9780553825169
Book Overview: Hereward the Wake - one of England's forgotten heroes - is rescued from the mists of medieval history and brought back to brutal and bloody life in this thrilling historical actioner...

Media Reviews
A novel about brutal and bloody times and not for for the squeamish but Wilde has succeeded in giving new and convincing life to a half-forgotten English hero * BBC HISTORY magazine *
Moves at a wonderful pace... great swathes of blood-letting and an overall kickass arc... great stuff * FALCATATIMES.COM *
Fantastically realised... strong, believable characters, lashings of fast-paced action * ELOQUENTPAGE.COM *
Author Bio
James Wilde is a Man of Mercia. Raised in a world of books, the author studied economic history at university before travelling the world in search of adventure. He first encountered the great English warrior, Hereward, in the pages of a comic. It was while visiting the haunted fenlands of Eastern England, Hereward's ancestral home, that he became convinced that this legendary figure should be the subject of his first novel. The 'Hereward' series now runs to six novels, the most recent of which is Hereward - The Bloody Crown. James Wilde divides his time between London and the family home in Derbyshire.