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.

Sons of the Wolf

Literature & Fiction

Lofting, Paula

Genre Fiction

Longship Publishing

Sons of the Wolf Book 2 WAR AND BLOODFEUD 1056...England lurches towards war as the rebellious Lord Alfgar plots against the indolent King Edward. Sussex thegn, Wulfhere, must defy both his lord, Harold Godwinson, and his bitter enemy, Helghi, to protect his beloved daughter. As the shadow of war stretches across the land, a more personal battle rages at home, and when it follows him into battle, he knows he must keep his wits about him more than ever, and COURAGE AND FEAR MUST BECOME HIS ARMOUR…

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<p>Harold Godwinson occupied his place in the chronicles for more than twenty years after&nbsp;bursting onto the political sphere when he was barely out of his teens. His role in&nbsp;English history has always been overshadowed by his failure to defend his crown and&nbsp;country against the might of William the Conqueror and his invaders. His demise at the&nbsp;hands of a Franco-Norman hit squad wrought the death knell of Anglo-Saxon rule.&nbsp;Reigning for just ten months, Harold's accomplishments as dux Anglorum, and later king&nbsp;of England, were undermined by the Norman propaganda that was waged against his&nbsp;memory, long after his grisly end in 1066.But just who was this man, who some historians recall as one of England's greatest&nbsp;rulers? What were his origins? Is there any truth that he could trace his ancestry to the&nbsp;House of Wessex, and did he really usurp the throne from Duke William, the Bastard of&nbsp;Normandy? In this re-examining of this great historical figure of the eleventh century,&nbsp;we glean new theories and ideas not only about Harold's life, but also questions&nbsp;historians have pondered upon for years. Did Edward really offer the throne to William?&nbsp;And how much of William's claim was truth or fiction?Paula Lofting presents a thoughtful and careful critique of the previous research.&nbsp;Examining his life through a telescopic view of the primary sources, she offers the&nbsp;reader a more accurate evaluation of who he was, how he died, and what happened to&nbsp;his remains after his death on a field near Hastings on October 1066.</p>

Searching for the Last Anglo-Saxon King: Harold Godwinson, England's Golden Warrior

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

Pen and Sword History

On bloody fields he fights for his life, but sometimes the enemy is closer to home... 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 comprising his honour and loyalty to his lord, Harold. 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.

Silverwood Books

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Sons of the Wolf

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Searching for the Last Anglo-Saxon King: Harold Godwinson, England's Golden Warrior

Sons of the Wolf