Excerpt from The King's Passion
IN writing the story of Edmund of East Anglia, I have of necessity drawn the materials for my narrative from a variety of sources. The kindly Old monk, Roger of Wendover, has told me much. His chronicles contain intimate pictures of everyday life, and of the happenings which caught his fancy. Thus kings, armies, saints, miracles, witches and devils, receive equal consideration, nor have the old gods strayed far...
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