The fall of Saxon England - Humble, Richard

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The fall of Saxon England by Humble, Richard Format: Hardcover with Dust JacketPublished by A. Barker, 1975 This fast-moving account of the birth of England and its conquest by Wil liam of Normandy spans an epic six centuries of almost uninterrupted conflict: the fight of the Saxon English, first for mastery and then for survival. Richard Humble opens his story with the abandoned Christian province of Roman Britain beginnings its last battle against the forces of barbarism. We see King Arthur, stripped of myth and legend, stemming the tide of Saxon conquest for a whole generation before the inevitable collapse of the last Romano-British defenses. We see the emergence of the first Saxon English kingdoms---Kent, East Anglia, Northumbria, Wessex, Mercia----and their rise to such power and wealth that Offa of Mercia was able to treat on equal terms with Charlemagne himself. And we see their piecemeal destruction by the Viking raiders until only Wessex was left to become the foundation of a new England. Contains 16 pages of black and white illustrations. Includes Index and Bibliography.Product image is for illustration purposes only and may not be an exact representation of the product offered for sale. Show more