Using multiple points of view and a number of literary devices (sometimes the story is told from Charlie's written accounts, other times from characters' direct consciousness) the novel follows Boylan's attempts to establish the legitimacy of his claims in order to secure a "modest pension" from the government. , etc.) is the tale of Charlie Boylan, a dwarf who claims to have been agent 003 for the English government in the 19th century. dentistry, democracy, devils, alcohol, illusions, and hygiene, The Last English King raises issues, both daring and delightful, that question the nature of history itself.A work of literary devilry, this latest political thriller by veteran Rathbone ( The Last English King And we meet William of Normandy, a psychotic thug with interesting plans for the "racial sanitation" of the Euroskepics across the water.
We meet the warring nobles of Mercia and Wessex Harold and his unruly clan Canute's descendants with their delusions of grandeur predatory men, pushy women, subdued Scots, and wily Welsh. We see Edward, confessing far more than he ever did in the history books.
Weaving fiction round fact, Julian Rathbone brings to vibrant, exciting, and often amusing life the shadowy figures and events that preceded the Norman Conquest. And so begins a roller-coaster ride into an era of enduring fascination. It is he who persuades Walt, little by little, to tell his extraordinary story.
Wandering through Asia Minor, headed vaguely for the Holy Land, he meets Quint, a renegade monk with a healthy line of skepticism and a hearty appetite for knowledge. Three years later, Walt, King Harold's only surviving bodyguard, is still emotionally and physically scarred by the loss of his king and his country. The course of English history was altered forever. At the Battle of Hastings of October 14, he was outflanked, quickly defeated, and killed by William's superior troops. King Harold of England, weakened by a ferocious Viking invasion from the north, could muster little defense. On September 27, 1066, Duke William of Normandy sailed for England with hundreds of ships and over 8,000 men.
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