Folktales and fiction Hereward the Wake

-



1 folktales , fiction

1.1 19th century
1.2 20th century
1.3 21st century





folktales , fiction
19th century

the camp of refuge, charles macfarlane, pub. 1844
thomas bulfinch wrote hereward wake in work: age of fable, or stories of gods , heroes (1855).
charles kingsley s novel hereward wake: last of english (london: macmillan, 1866) highly romanticised account of hereward s exploits , makes him son of earl leofric of mercia , ancestor of family of wake.

20th century

jack trevor story (1917–91) wrote long dramatised life of hereward 1 of tom boardman s 1950s boys annuals.
man sword, henry treece, 1962, published bodley head, london. hereward hero of story. in first episode champion of empress gunhilda of germany, , @ end life extends past death of william i.
the 1985 doctor annual included short story entitled real hereward . premise of story hereward alias adopted king harold after surviving battle of hastings.

21st century

hereward portrayed prototype robin hood, drug-taking, psychopathic arsonist, in mike ripley s novel legend of hereward wake (2007).
brainbiter: saga of hereward wake, jack ogden, pub. 2007
conquest stewart binns (2011) historical novel covering hereward s life in dramatic , bloody detail. takes significant dramatic liberties, projecting hereward later took alias godwin of ely , worked way head of emperor alexius s byzantine forces before taking part in first crusade, become lead strategist of princes crusade , advisor of bohemond of taranto; appears in sequel, crusade.
james wilde has written hereward (2011), devil s army (2012) , end of days (2013) chronicling period in england. fourth in series, wolves of new rome (2014), takes hereward , companions, expelled england, constantinople, meeting new friends , old enemies. adventure continues in immortals (2015) , bloody crown (2016).
man booker prize long-listed wake (2014) paul kingsnorth historical novel written in shadow version of old english telling story of resistance fighter in fens actions regularly compared hereward.






Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

History Alexandra College

-
alexandra college (on right) circa 1890 the school founded in 1866 , takes name princess alexandra of denmark, school s patron. school colours, red , white, adopted danish flag in honour. alexandra college founded anne jellicoe, quaker educationist, in name of furthering women s education. under anne jellicoe, school grew small establishment focused on providing governess-style education irish protestant ladies pioneering force women s rights , education, providing education women equivalent available in boys schools, grounding in mathematics, history, classics , philosophy. alexandra settled role, anne jellicoe convinced major obstacle liberal education of women exclusion university campus. passionately believed until women admitted trinity college dublin (founded in 1592), voice of women not commonly heard in politics, literature or in academic debate. the royal university of ireland act 1879 allowed females take university degrees on same basis males. students prepared examination...
Read more

Independence United Arab Emirates

-
historic photo depicting first hoisting of united arab emirates flag rulers of emirates @ union house, dubai on 2nd of december 1971. zayed bin sultan al nahyan first president of united arab emirates , recognized father of nation. by 1966, had become clear british government no longer afford administer , protect united arab emirates. british mps debated preparedness of royal navy defend sheikhdoms. secretary of state defence denis healey reported british armed forces overstretched , in respects dangerously under-equipped defend sheikhdoms. on 24 january 1968, british prime minister harold wilson announced government s decision, reaffirmed in march 1971 prime minister edward heath end treaty relationships 7 trucial sheikhdoms, had been, bahrain , qatar, under british protection. days after announcement, ruler of abu dhabi, sheikh zayed bin sultan al nahyan, fearing vulnerability, tried persuade british honour protection treaties offering pay full costs of keeping british armed forces i...
Read more