petercwhitaker posted: " The Sorrow Song Trilogy recounts the events of 1066 through the eyes of characters with historical integrity. Three major battles occurred in that year and each book is dedicated to a faithful account of the events as they happened. The War Wolf - on"
The Sorrow Song Trilogy recounts the events of 1066 through the eyes of characters with historical integrity. Three major battles occurred in that year and each book is dedicated to a faithful account of the events as they happened.
The War Wolf - on Wednesday, 20th September, 1066, a great battle took place before the walls of York at a place known as Fulford Gate. While King Harold of England watched the southern shores, waiting for Duke Guillaume of Normandy to land his army, King Hardrada of Norway invaded the north of the kingdom. It was a bold move that caught Harold Godwinson out. Coenred, Captain of Huscarls, arrives in York ahead of his masters, the brothers Eorl Edwin of Mercia and Eorl Morcar of Northumberland. As a veteran warrior and mentor to the young noblemen, Coenred advises them to close the gates and man the walls of York, but they are hungry for glory. Their decision to stand and fight the Vikings will tip the kingdom into peril.
For Rapture of Ravens - only 5 days after the fall of York, King Harold of England arrives in the north of his kingdom. At Tadcaster he meets Coenred, a warrior who displays the character of a nobleman. Edwin and Morcar have fled to Durham; Coenred stays to reform the defeated Saxons and joins the army of his king. At Stamford Bridge, King Harold meets the largest Viking army ever to set foot in England, and his own brother, Tostig Godwinson, is an ally of King Hardrada. It will be a bloody battle and the greatest victory of King Harold's reign. For Coenred there will be a price to be paid as he seeks vengeance against the man who persecuted his new love in her former life. Only the absolute destruction of the enemy will bring peace to England.
The Blade's Fell Blow - While King Harold celebrates in York the defeat of his people's ancient enemy Duke Guillaume of Normandy lands in the south almost unopposed. Time is against the Normans and they do not know where Harold and his army are. They need to bring the Saxon King to battle before winter arrives. To do this the Normans commit atrocities against the local peoples, hoping to provoke King Harold to a rash response. Coenred, despite promising his new love, Mildryth, to hang up his sword, cannot act without honour. When his king calls he follows. South they march, first to London, then onto Sentlache Ridge near Hastings. The battle begins at 9am and will be fought into the evening. So stubborn is the Saxons' defence that Duke Guillaume considers retreat. It is an ill piece of luck that brings about their doom. Coenred, his spear broken, his shield sundered, will be amongst the last to stand. A civilisation over 500 years old will fall and its history will be overwritten by the victors.
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