Legend of Hereward (Medieval Mysteries) - Softcover

Ripley, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 190628895X ISBN 13: 9781906288952

Publisher: Ostara Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

"On mid-summer's eve in the year 1063, just before noon, two young men, heavily armed, rode into Bourne looking for a fight." It was the beginning of the Legend of Hereward - but which Hereward? Hereward The Outlaw? Hereward the Firestarter? Hereward the Plunderer? Hereward the Witch-Killer? Was he an English hero leading a last-ditch resistance against William the Conqueror and the invading Normans, whose exploits inspired the romantic myth of Robin Hood? Or was he a dangerous 'berserker' for whom murder, deceit and betrayal were constant companions? More than a century on from his short and violent life, it is the learned monk Gerald of Wales (Giraldus Cambriensis or Gerald de Barri) who has to piece together - and put a favourable gloss on - the legend of Hereward and reveal what happened at the siege of Ely and its Abbey, deep in the flooded and mysterious East Anglian Fens.

About this title

Review

"'Ripley's novel tells of spying, soldiery, cowardice and courage. It invigorates the old bones of history and, in passing, gives a shot in the arm to all other brands of contemporary fiction' Literary Review on Boudica and the Lost Roman 'I never read Ripley on trains, planes or buses. He makes me laugh and it annoys the other passengers' Minette Walters 'Exuberant, laugh-aloud fun and cleverness... but there is in addition, an edge and an anger' Marcel Berlins, The Times "Deserves the same sort of recognition in North America that it has garnered in Britain" Booklist on the Angel series"

About the Author

Mike Ripley is the two-time winner of the Crime Writers Last Laugh award, and the author of several thrillers and historical novels. He writes a hugely respected monthly review column for Shots Magazine entitled getting Away with Murder. Philip Youngman Carter was Margery Allingham s artist husband and a novelist in his own write.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ostara Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190628895X
• ISBN 13: 9781906288952
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 212