The Cunning of the Dove by Alfred Duggan

His father, Alfredo Huberto Duggan, a first generation Irish Argentinian, was appointed in 1905 to the Argentine Legation in London, and died in 1915. His family moved to Britain when he was two years old. Though brought up in Britain, he was born Alfredo León Duggan in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires, Argentina, to a family of wealthy landowners of Irish descent. His novels are known for meticulous historical research. JSTOR ( June 2020) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īlfred Duggan (born Alfredo León Duggan 1903–1964) was an English historian and archaeologist, and a well-known historical novelist in the 1950s.

Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Most satisfactory.This article needs additional citations for verification. As in his previous books, the landscape here is often a battlefield, and the sorties of the Viking-pirates, the blood feuds among the nobles, the tensions between church and state, and Edward the Confessor's own, darting, querying and argumentative mind come to life for the present day readers. For the short time of Edward's complete power the miracles of his healing bring him a saintly reputation and, with the return of Harold, Godwin's son, Edward is content with the privileges of his years to leave the country in Harold's hands, with the throne to go to Duke William of Normandy on his death. Constantly at odds with the great Earl Godwin, he marries the young Edith, Godwin's daughter, and in so doing is able to deal with the man who did not wish to be king but who fought to master the king until Edward outlaws him and his family. Here, in the words of Edgar, Edward's page, chamberlain, cupbearer throughout his life, is the story of Edward's reign which left no lineal successor, for Edward had taken a vow of continence- and kept it in his marriage-from his arrival, at Winchester, at the age of 40, to his death in the 60's, in which, in spite of internal strife, he won a country with his goodness, the power of his grace, the abolishing of the war tax, and the vitality of his religion. With the death of Canute, the 11th century English succession passed to Edward, son of Canute's wife by her first marriage to Ethelred, and the ancient dynasty of the house of Cerdic was presumed to be re-established.

The Cunning of the Dove by Alfred Duggan