{"product_id":"hereward-the-wake-by-charles-kingsley-collins-1954","title":"Hereward the Wake by Charles Kingsley - Collins, 1954","description":"\u003cbr\u003eTitle: Hereward the Wake \u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Charles Kingsley\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Collins\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: 1954\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Hardcover in jacket, English\u003cbr\u003eCondition: This book is in good condition for its age with minor wear, small marking on front endpaper.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c!-- split --\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2\u003eReader's note\u003c\/h2\u003eCharles Kingsley's Hereward the Wake is a romanticized novel about the last Anglo-Saxon hero who fiercely resisted the Norman Conquest. The story follows Hereward from his outlaw days, featuring adventures like killing a polar bear and fighting in Flanders, to his return to England to lead a rebellion from the Isle of Ely. The novel portrays the tragic end of the Anglo-Saxon way of life as the rebellion ultimately fails, and Hereward faces his demise. ","brand":"Country House Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55954214650235,"sku":"10676858","price":9.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2458\/8207\/files\/orig_492345_jpg.jpg?v=1764331829","url":"https:\/\/countryhouselibrary.co.uk\/products\/hereward-the-wake-by-charles-kingsley-collins-1954","provider":"Country House Library ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}