1889-90 Hereward The Wake 'Last of the English' & Hypatia or New Foes with an Old Face

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Leather Binding

Two volumes in one. Reprinted. Hypatia, or New Foes With Old Faces, 1899. A fictionalised account of the life of the philosopher Hypatia, with the story of a young monk called Philammon who travels to Alexandria, where he is faced with the political and religious battles of the day. Hereward the Wake: Last of the English, 1890. 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. Written by Charles Kingsley, a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. Bound by Knill, Reading.