The Last English King The Last English King

The Last English King

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Publisher Description

On the Sussex Downs in 1066, the psychotic William and his gang of European mercenaries began the process which fragmented a civilisation.

Walt, the last of King Harold's bodyguard, the one who survived Hastings, wanders across Asia Minor in the company of Quint, an intellectual renegade monk. On the way he unfolds the events that led up to the battle which affected the destinies of every English man and woman.

With rare skill, Rathbone vividly recreates a civilisation that stubbornly remains alive in the collective memory to this day, and so identifies the roots of the still-held belief that every English person is born free and should stay free. Tender romance, savage war, courtly intrigue and some wry humour combine to make The Last English King an exhilarating roller-coaster ride into our past.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2018
3 May
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
400
Pages
PUBLISHER
Little, Brown Book Group
SIZE
979
KB

Customer Reviews

Pig.I.Am ,

Wonderfully evocative

The prose is rich and the detail magnificent. It’s fiction but the way the Anglo-Saxon world is brought to life reveals the outstanding knowledge of the subject and meticulous research on behalf of the author. The broad strokes of 1066 might be very well known yet the author fills the rest of the picture wonderfully. Highly recommend.

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