Historical Fiction
The relationship between Harold Godwinson and Edith Swan-Neck is the subject of the novel Harold the King by Helen Hollick.
Ealdgyth was portrayed by Janet Suzman in the two-part BBC TV play Conquest (1966), part of the series Theatre 625.
Read more about this topic: Edith The Fair
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“What is the historical function of Parliament in this country? It is to prevent the Government from governing.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)