by Julian Rathbone · Abacus · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780349109435
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«The Last English King» is the historical novel by Julian Rathbone, published by Abacus in paperback (400 pages, in English).
Walt, the last bodyguard of King Harold and survivor of Hastings, recalls the life of the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, from his birth to the final battle. Framed by a journey through Asia Minor with a renegade monk, the narrative recreates the Norman conquest of 1066 and the world that defeat swept away.
The plot is set in England in 1066 and the original edition dates from August 1998, with Harold II as the central figure.
For readers of historical fiction interested in Anglo-Saxon England, the Norman conquest, and the reign of Harold II.
Julian Christopher Rathbone was an English novelist.
