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The year is 1016 and England burns while the Viking armies
blockade the great city of London. King Ethelred lies dying and the
England he knew dies with him; the warring kingdoms of Mercia,
Wessex and Northymbria tremble on the brink of great change. One
man lives to bear witness to the upheaval: Godwin, barely out of
boyhood and destined to become one of his country''s great warriors.
When Ethelred''s son Edmund takes the throne, determined to succeed
where his father failed, he plucks Godwin from domestic peace to be
right-hand man in his loyal shield wall. Godwin must traverse the
meadows, wintry forests and fogbound marshes of Saxon England,
raising armies of monks, ploughmen and shepherds against the Viking
invader. With epic courage and ferocity, Godwin and Edmund repel
the butchering Danes in three great battles. But an old enemy, the
treacherous Earl Eadric, dogs Godwin''s footsteps, and as the final
battle approaches, around the valiant English the trap begins to
close.
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關於作者: |
Justin Hill has been the winner of the Betty Trask, Geoffrey
Faber and Somerset Maugham awards, and his books have been
translated into fifteen languages.
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