Folk Heroes of Britain – Charles Kightly Aanbieding

Here, for the first time, is the true story of some of the most romantic and colorful figures in the whole of British history. Caratacus, the indomitable British king who defied Roman might for eight years, emerges as one of the great guerilla fighters in world history. Queen Boadicea, whose bloody revolt came close to exterminating the Roman invaders, is seen as the last champion of an ancient matriarchal society, while Old King Cole of the nursery rhyme is revealed as Old Coel the Splendid, who ruled the …