Hereward: The Definitive Biography of the Famous English Outlaw Who Rebelled Against William the Conqueror

Delighted to be learning the little bit we know about this period of history we weren't taught in school. We need to remember our heroes who stand up to tyranny.

Good historical read about a neglected period of our history just after the Norman Conquest of Britain.

I love it

very pleased.

Exellant

Really interesting what was going on during the backdrop of the Conquest of England. The more you look the more story avenues open up and the identity of Hereward is particularly intriguing.

For such a short book that costs 12.99, I was very disappointed with this book. It was mainly about life in the 11th century, the social structure of society back then, with very little information about Hereward the wake. I found the book to be boring and not particularly interesting. Overall don't waste your cash!

Rex has a hard job in identifying the fact from the fiction and does a decent job of it and has clearly done a monumental amount of research. However this book is more of an essay than anything. Pages upon pages of non memorable and quite frankly unimportant information such as the various holdings of thegns that meant quite little to the actual subject at hand.There is no real narrative to speak of and more Rex writing down the answers to his math and deductions which means that Hereward, the man you bought the book for is forever playing second fiddle to Rex and his mountain of information about everything but Hereward.

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