Wulf the Saxon: A Story of the Norman Conquest |
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User Review - Eyejaybee - LibraryThingVery enjoyable. This novel rattled along at a jolly pace and certainly held the reader's attention. Henty had obviously researched this novel in great depth. I hadn't realised that there was already an extensive Norman administration throughout England well before the Battle of Hastings. Read full review
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This is the best book i have ever read,i recomend it to everyone that loves an adventure,and that enjoys stories of the middle ages Read full review
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Page 385 - Crown 8vo, beautifully bound, olivine edges, $1.50. Sir Aubrey Shenstone, the father of the hero, has devoted himself and his fortune to his monarch, Charles I., only to be left to die in poverty. The hero, almost destitute, makes a brave fight against misfortune, winning his way from an humble beginning to the position his birth entitles him to fill. He serves in the war against the Dutch, and after many exciting experiences during the great fire and plague of London, finally regains possession...
Bibliographic information
| Title | Wulf the Saxon: A Story of the Norman Conquest |
| Author | George Alfred Henty |
| Illustrated by | Ralph Peacock |
| Publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons, 1894 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Jan 23, 2008 |
| Length | 383 pages |
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