The Wake

by Paul Kingsnorth

Book Overview

"A work that is as disturbing as it is empathetic, as beautiful as it is riveting." --Eimear McBride, New Statesman

In the aftermath of the Norman Invasion of 1066, William the Conqueror was uncompromising and brutal. English society was broken apart, its systems turned on their head. What is little known is that a fractured network of guerrilla fighters took up arms against the French occupiers.
In The Wake,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555977170
• ISBN13: 9781555977177
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Graywolf Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"