Hereward: Mayhem, Man, Myth

Hereward, for a very short time, made a noise in the world, and gave William the Conqueror quite a few sleepless nights. 

Centuries after he died, he became an icon of Resistance to Tyranny. 

But we cannot know much about what this mysterious man was like, not even where he was born or where and when he died: he comes out of shadows and returns to them. 

This book explores the turbulent world he lived in, and what it would have been like to have lived through events that reverberate right down to today. 

It also explores how people remembered Hereward, how they made a myth of him, and how he became a symbol of Englishness.

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Illustrations:
8 Black & white illustrations

Pages:
114

Published:
Sep 10, 2026

ISBN:
9781913159962

About the Author:

Charles Moseley grew up on the Lancashire coast, went up to Cambridge to read English, and never left. His varied career includes being a printer, a publisher and a peasant, but has mainly been teaching literature in Cambridge and attempting to persuade his victims to take this pursuit seriously. He has lived in a little Fenland village for a very long time. He also writes books.