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Coles Harold The Last of the Saxon Kings: Restored Classics to Go Edition at Bayshore Shopping Centre in Ottawa, ON
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Bishop Alred's quiet authority meets Harold's deepest crisis when the exhausted earl comes to confess the shameful oath forced from him by William's deception and pressure. Harold's anguish over his brother Wolnoth's hostage fate gives way to absolution: Alred declares that no vow extorted by fraud and fear can bind a man to crime or betrayal of England, and the two kneel in prayer as Harold is spiritually remade. Yet peace is brief. England is already riven by rebellion, fear, and a failing king. As Northumbria rises against Tostig and Edward grows mystical and near death, Harold returns to a realm in turmoil, summons the levy, and races to meet the widening crisis. Around him gather figures of tenderness and omen alike: his mother Githa, who speaks with Hilda of prophecy and warns that Wolnoth must not return; Haco, a fierce and unsettling companion whose loyalty seems shadowed by fate; and Edith, whose song beside the ruined shrine weaves love, loss, and Christian hope into the story's pagan forebodings. Rejecting prophecy and dark arts, Harold resolves to trust God, duty, and England alone. He joins Alred and the nobles in seeking the young Edgar the Atheling as a possible heir, only to find a boy shaped by foreign influence, contemptuous of Saxon burdens, and unfit for kingship. In that bitter revelation, the novel's central struggle sharpens: England needs a ruler worthy of sacrifice, but heroism itself seems to be slipping beyond reach. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.
Bishop Alred's quiet authority meets Harold's deepest crisis when the exhausted earl comes to confess the shameful oath forced from him by William's deception and pressure. Harold's anguish over his brother Wolnoth's hostage fate gives way to absolution: Alred declares that no vow extorted by fraud and fear can bind a man to crime or betrayal of England, and the two kneel in prayer as Harold is spiritually remade. Yet peace is brief. England is already riven by rebellion, fear, and a failing king. As Northumbria rises against Tostig and Edward grows mystical and near death, Harold returns to a realm in turmoil, summons the levy, and races to meet the widening crisis. Around him gather figures of tenderness and omen alike: his mother Githa, who speaks with Hilda of prophecy and warns that Wolnoth must not return; Haco, a fierce and unsettling companion whose loyalty seems shadowed by fate; and Edith, whose song beside the ruined shrine weaves love, loss, and Christian hope into the story's pagan forebodings. Rejecting prophecy and dark arts, Harold resolves to trust God, duty, and England alone. He joins Alred and the nobles in seeking the young Edgar the Atheling as a possible heir, only to find a boy shaped by foreign influence, contemptuous of Saxon burdens, and unfit for kingship. In that bitter revelation, the novel's central struggle sharpens: England needs a ruler worthy of sacrifice, but heroism itself seems to be slipping beyond reach. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.
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