The King's Passion (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The King's Passion IN writing the story of Edmund of East Anglia, I have of necessity drawn the materials for my narrative from a variety of sources. The kindly Old monk, Roger of Wendover, has told me much. His chronicles contain intimate pictures of everyday life, and of the happenings which caught his fancy. Thus kings, armies, saints, miracles, witches and devils, receive equal consideration, nor have the old gods strayed far from the scene of their worship. Little by little, as the veils of contemporary superstitions fall away, Edmund stands out, virile and compelling, brave knight, true Englishman the Arthur oi the eastern counties. Regarding his origin, authorities are divided. The greater number affirm that he came from the ancient home of the Saxon race in northern Germany others, again, give good reason for believing him to be English, by birth and parentage the direct desceu dant oi the royal line of East Anglia. I have followed the latter opinion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.