Lieutenant-General Harward; Thomas Netherton Harward — Hereward: The Saxon Patriot

London, Elliot Stock, 1896. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this scarce biography on the life of Hereward the Wake. The first edition of this scarce work.A biographical account of the life and character of Hereward the Wake, an Anglo-Saxon nobleman, who led a local resistance to the Norman Conquest. Hereard led a popular opposition to William the Conqueror, finding people to join his rebellion across the Fens. Though there some primary sources on his existence, information on his life is part fact and part legend.With a record of his ancestors and descendants, from A.D. 445 to A. D. 1896.By Lieutenant-General Thomas Netherton Harward.Errata slip bound before page on. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with some marks to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional scattered spot. Good . Ill.: None. Good .