Sons of the Wolf - Couverture souple

Lofting, Paula

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0995545707 ISBN 13 : 9780995545700

Editeur : Longship Publishing, 2016

Synopsis

On the battlefield, Wulfhere fights for his life but elsewhere the enemy is closer to home, sinister and shadowy and far more dangerous than any war. 1054, pious King Edward sits on the throne, spending his days hunting, sleeping and praying, leaving the security of his kingdom to his more capable brother-in-law Harold Godwinson, the powerful Earl of Wessex. Against this backdrop we meet Wulfhere, a Sussex thegn who, as the sun sets over the wild forest of Andredesweald, is returning home victoriously from a great battle in the north. Holding his lands directly from the King, his position demands loyalty to Edward himself, but Wulfhere is duty-bound to also serve Harold, a bond forged within Wulfhere's family heritage and borne of the ancient Teutonic ideology of honour and loyalty. Wulfhere is a man with the strength and courage of a bear, a warrior whose loyalty to his lord and king is unquestionable. He is also a man who holds his family dear and would do anything to protect them. So when Harold demands that he wed his daughter to the son of Helghi, his sworn enemy, Wulfhere has to find a way to save his daughter from a life of certain misery in the household of the cruel and resentful Helghi without compromising his honour and loyalty to his lord, Harold. Sons of the Wolf is a panoramic snapshot of medieval life and politics as the events that lead to the downfall of Anglo Saxon England play out, immersing the reader in the tapestry of life as it was before the Doomsday Book. With depictions of everyday life experienced through the minds of the peoples of the time; of feasts in the Great Halls to battles fought in the countryside, it cannot help but enlighten, educate and entertain.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

It has been Paula's dream to write since she was a child, but it was not until she was in her mid-forties that she was able to realise her dream. She was born in Middlesex and grew up in South Australia where she was encouraged to read avidly. At the age of 16, she returned to the country of her birth and after facing many of life's challenges, she finally started writing whilst training to be a psychiatric nurse. Home is now in West Sussex where she lives with her family. She has a love of history and also re-enacts with Regia Anglorum, one of the leading re-enactment societies, and has just recently written the second book in the Sons of the Wolf series, The Wolf Banner.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Longship Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0995545707
• ISBN 13: 9780995545700
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 392
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