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Hereward the Wake: 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. Kingsley's last historical novel, it was instrumental in elevating Hereward into an English folk-hero.

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Hereward the Wake

1866 novel by Charles Kingsley

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Not who you're looking for? Others named Hereward the Wake: 11th-century leader of local resistance to the Norman conque · lost BBC TV Show from the 1960s