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The Cunning of the Dove

The Cunning of the Dove

by Alfred Duggan (Author)

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    Paperback 2007

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    Paperback 1999

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Synopsis

St Edward the Confessor, King of the English, is commonly despised by historians; he was the last of his dynasty, and after his death his country was conquered by the foreigner. But that foreign conquest was exactly what St Edward had wished for. In this novel Alfred Duggan brings to life different customs, races and languages, as well as the violence and struggle for power between the Godwinssons and other great Earls - a Saxon England which seemed too large a country to unite except in dread of the Vikings.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 256
 Edition: New Ed
 Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 04 Jan 2007
ISBN 10: 0753818280
ISBN 13: 9780753818282
Book Overview: An author hailed on both sides of the Atlantic for his ability to transport readers back to Dark Age Britain His fast-paced narratives have an authenticity and sense of place that have seldom been bettered As accessible as Bernard Cornwell, Valerio Manfredi or Christian Jacq yet with the authority of George Macdonald Fraser or Steven Pressfield 'Duggan looks upon the past with a connoisseur's relish of villainy and violence...An extremely gifted writer who can move into an unknown period and give it life and immediacy' NEW YORK TIMES 'Few novelists can touch Alfred Duggan when it comes to re-creating remote corners of historical time and place' GUARDIAN

Author Bio
Alfred Duggan was born in Argentina in 1903. He was educated at Eton College and Oxford. He worked for the British Natural History Museum collecting specimens and travelled extensively pursuing his job for the museum. From 1938-1941, when he was discharged as medically unfit, he served in the London Irish Rifles and saw active service in Norway. His first book was published in 1950.