HEREWARD THE WAKE: LAST OF THE ENGLISH - CHARLES KINGSLEY - IN SOUTH AFRICA

It tells the story ofHereward, 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: 250.00Edition: ReprintDate published: 1898Publishers: Macmillan and CoCondition: 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.