Name: Harold
SKU: 61320356
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Author: Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton

Type

Physical Book

Author

Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton

Publisher

Createspace

Language

English

Pages

436

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

24.6x18.9x2.3 cm

Weight

0.78 kg.

ISBN13

9781540824530

Synopsis "Harold"

The entire twelve 'book' fictionalised biography of Harold Godwinson, defeated by William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings, by Edward Bulwer Lytton, the enormously popular aristocratic author of the nineteenth century. This interesting novel is a strange mix of romanticism and research, featuring both witchcraft and scholarly footnotes. The text has been completely re-typeset in a modern font, and hand-edited to be clear and complete.

Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton

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Edward Bulwer-Lytton (London, 1803 – Torquay, 1873) was a prolific novelist, playwright, and British politician, prominent in the Victorian period. He cultivated various literary genres, including historical novels, Gothic romance, and science fiction. Among his most recognized works is The Last Days of Pompeii (1834), a historical novel set in the ancient Roman city before its destruction by the eruption of Vesuvius. Other notable works include Zanoni (1842), The Haunted and the Haunters (1859), and The Coming Race (1871), also known as Vril, the Power of the Coming Race.

Bulwer-Lytton is remembered for coining famous phrases such as "The pen is mightier than the sword" and for the famous opening "It was a dark and stormy night" in his novel Paul Clifford (1830). His influence endures in literature and popular culture, and his legacy has been the subject of study and revaluation in contemporary literary criticism.

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