Download or read book Folk Heroes of Britain written by Charles Kightly and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 1982-01-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells the stories of heroines like Queen Boadicea, who defied the Roman invaders, Anglo-Saxon heroes like King Alfred, who struggled against the Normans, and local champions like William Wallace, who led a Scottish revolt against England