Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. But Duggan is a master and brings to life a whole remote age, which we accept, miracles and all.?. Buy The Cunning of the Dove (Bello) by Duggan, Alfred from Amazon's Fiction Books Store. ?Before Alfred Duggan wrote this novel Edward the Confessor was probably the 'dimmest of English kings'. But his greatest contribution was his unswerving belief that England needed Norman rule to unify the country. He is remembered for the splendid foundation of Westminster. St Edward is unwrapped from the shroud of ignorance that has enveloped him, and is presented as a credible human being: a saint, but one whose unworldliness gave him extraordinary political foresight. He thinks in English, speaks in French and writes in Latin, but Duggan does our share of the work and the fog is dissipated. The story is told by the royal chamberlain. In The Cunning of the Dove, this masterly author chooses Edward the Confessor as his hero. Alfred Duggan?s Saxon novels have a special cachet. Some slight edge wear and creasing to top and bottom of jacket and spine, very slight browning to spine and extremities of largely white jacket, not price clipped (16s), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy.
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