《Wulf the Saxon（英文版）》作者：[英]G. A. Henty【完结】
https://www.dlgyc.com/tupiao/24031549.jpgTheheroisayoungthanewhowinsthefavorofEarlHaroldandbecomesoneofhisretinue.WhenHaroldbecomesKingofEnglandWulfassistsintheWelshwars,andtakespartagainsttheNorsemenattheBattleofStamfordBridge.WhenWilliamofNormandyinvadesEngland,WulfiswiththeEnglishhostatHastings,andstandsbyhisKingtothelastinthemightystruggle.Altogetherthisisanobletale.WulfhimselfisarareexampleofSaxonvigor,andthespaciousbackgroundofstormfulhistorylendsitselfadmirablytoheroicromance.
G.A.Hentywasa19thcenturynovelist,specialcorrespondentandImperialist.Hisbest-knownworksarehistoricaladventures.Whilemostofthe122bookshewrotewereforchildren,healsowroteadultnovels,non-fictionsuchasTheMarchtoMagdala(1868)andThoseOtherAnimals(1891),shortstoriesforthelikesofTheBoy'sOwnPaperandeditedtheUnionJack,aweeklyboysmagazine.WulftheSaxonisanactionfilledstoryoftheNormanconquest.TheadventurebeginsFromoneofthesidedoorsofthepalaceapage,somefifteenorsixteenyearsofage,randownthestepsinhaste.HewasevidentlyaSaxonbyhisfairhairandfreshcomplexion,andanyobserverofthetimewouldhaveseenthathemust,therefore,beintheemploymentofEarlHarold,thegreatminister,whohadformanyyearsvirtuallyruledEnglandinthenameofitsking.
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