Length18h 16m
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Hereward, the Last of the English is an 1866 novel by Charles Kingsley. It tells the story of Hereward, a historical Anglo-Saxon figure who led resistance against the Normans from a base in Ely surrounded by fen land. It was Kingsley's last historical novel, and was instrumental in elevating Hereward into an English folk-hero. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Historical Fiction
Length18 hrs 16 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 27, 2018
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1PRELUDE.
23CHAPTER XXII. — HOW HEREWARD SAILED FOE ENGLAND ONCE AND FOR ALL.
2CHAPTER I. — HOW HEREWARD WAS OUTLAWED, AND WENT NORTH TO SEEK HIS FORTUNES.
24CHAPTER XXIII. — HOW HEREWARD GATHERED AN ARMY.
3CHAPTER II. — HOW HEREWARD SLEW THE BEAR.
25CHAPTER XXIV. — HOW ARCHBISHOP ALDRED DIED OF SORROW.
4CHAPTER III. — HOW HEREWARD SUCCORED A PRINCESS OF CORNWALL.
26CHAPTER XXV. — HOW HEREWARD FOUND A WISER MAN IN ENGLAND THAN HIMSELF.
5CHAPTER IV. — HOW HEREWARD TOOK SERVICE WITH RANALD, KING OF WATERFORD.
27CHAPTER XXVI. — HOW HEREWARD FULFILLED HIS WORDS TO THE PRIOR OF THE GOLDEN BOROUGH.
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6CHAPTER V. — HOW HEREWARD SUCCORED THE PRINCESS OF CORNWALL A SECOND TIME.
28CHAPTER XXVII. — HOW THEY HELD A GREAT MEETING IN THE HALL OF ELY
7CHAPTER VI. — HOW HEREWARD WAS WRECKED UPON THE FLANDERS SHORE.
29CHAPTER XXVIII. — HOW THEY FOUGHT AT ALDRETH.
8CHAPTER VII. — HOW HEREWARD WENT TO THE WAR AT GUISNES.
30CHAPTER XXIX. — HOW SIR DADE BROUGHT NEWS FROM ELY.
9CHAPTER VIII. — HOW A FAIR LADY EXERCISED THE MECHANICAL ART TO WIN HEREWARD’S LOVE.
31CHAPTER XXX. — HOW HEREWARD PLAYED THE POTTER; AND HOW HE CHEATED THE KING.
10CHAPTER IX. — HOW HEREWARD WENT TO THE WAR IN SCALDMARILAND.
32CHAPTER XXXI. — HOW THEY FOUGHT AGAIN AT ALDRETH.
11CHAPTER X. — HOW HEREWARD WON THE MAGIC ARMOR.
33CHAPTER XXXII. — HOW KING WILLIAM TOOK COUNSEL OF A CHURCHMAN.
12CHAPTER XI. — HOW THE HOLLANDERS TOOK HEREWARD FOR A MAGICIAN.
34CHAPTER XXXIII. — HOW THE MONKS OF ELY DID AFTER THEIR KIND.
13CHAPTER XII. — HOW HEREWARD TURNED BERSERK.
35CHAPTER XXXIV. — HOW HEREWARD WENT TO THE GREENWOOD.
14CHAPTER XIII. — HOW HEREWARD WON MARE SWALLOW.
36CHAPTER XXXV. — HOW ABBOT THOROLD WAS PUT TO RANSOM.
15CHAPTER XIV. — HOW HEREWARD RODE INTO BRUGES LIKE A BEGGARMAN.
37CHAPTER XXXVI. — HOW ALFTRUDA WROTE TO HEREWARD.
16CHAPTER XV. — HOW EARL TOSTI GODWINSSON CAME TO ST. OMER.
38CHAPTER XXXVII. — HOW HEREWARD LOST SWORD BRAIN-BITER.
17CHAPTER XVI. — HOW HEREWARD WAS ASKED TO SLAY AN OLD COMRADE.
39CHAPTER XXXVIII. — HOW HEREWARD CAME IN TO THE KING.
18CHAPTER XVII. — HOW HEREWARD TOOK THE NEWS FROM STANFORD BRIGG AND HASTINGS.
40CHAPTER XXXIX. — HOW TORFRIDA CONFESSED THAT SHE HAD BEEN INSPIRED BY THE DEVIL.
19CHAPTER XVIII. — HOW EARL GODWIN’S WIDOW CAME TO ST. OMER.
41CHAPTER XL. — HOW HEREWARD BEGAN TO GET HIS SOUL’S PRICE.
20CHAPTER XIX. — HOW HEREWARD CLEARED BOURNE OF FRENCHMEN.
42CHAPTER XLI. — HOW EARL WALTHEOF WAS MADE A SAINT.
21CHAPTER XX. — HOW HEREWARD WAS MADE A KNIGHT AFTER THE FASHION OF THE ENGLISH.
43CHAPTER XLII. — HOW HEREWARD GOT THE BEST OF HIS SOUL’S PRICE.
22CHAPTER XXI. — HOW IVO TAILLEBOIS MARCHED OUT OF SPALDING TOWN.
44CHAPTER XLIII. — HOW DEEPING FEN WAS DRAINED.
