A. H. Gray

The Northumbrian Saga (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

The Northumbrian Saga follows the story of Aethelwin, a young women in 9th Century Northumbria and the niece of King Osbert. For years her uncle has been fighting to keep his throne from his own step-brother, Aelle, and in order to gain support against his rival, Aethelwin is married into a family from Ripon further south, a political alliance for which she is known as a 'Peace-weaver'.

It is not long however, before her new husband switches his allegiance to Aelle the usurper, and Aethelwin finds herself far from home amongst a family and a village who blame her for all their troubles. When she meets Leodgar, a man running from his own troubles, and finally comes to accept the childlike loyalty of her servant Ailith, her father's favourite and a bastard child, Aethelwin learns how to regain her husband's favour and help her uncle towards winning the civil war.

Yet history has its own agenda. Just as the new King of Northumbria takes his place on the throne, the kingdom is violently thrown into chaos by the Danes, led by Ivarr the Boneless and his brothers; Halfdan and Ubbe. Aethelwin and Ailith are caught up in the destruction of York and find themselves as captives of Thorstein and his friend Grendel. In a world on the verge of collapse, alliances are made and broken, and the people they thought they could trust turn out to be the true enemy. Is Thorstein's promise of protection genuine, or will he prove as dangerous as his countrymen? Will Aethelwin succeed in helping the Northumbrians liberate the Kingdom with the help of her brother and his army, or will she sacrifice her friends and family for nothing?

At what cost will she fight for a kingdom in the final throws of death?

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: A. H. Gray
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781310994227
• Artikelnr.: 48020793

Autorenporträt

A H Gray lives in the West Australian city of Perth, where she studied History and Archaeology for six years. Influenced by her interest in such subjects, and her love of a good story, a number of ideas and characters have since come to life in the form of her debut novel, The Northumbrian Saga. The novel is intended to be the first in a series of fiction books based on the history and people of medieval Northumbria during the Anglo-Saxon and Viking periods.