The Needle in the Blood
January 1067. Charismatic bishop Odo of Bayeux commissions a wall hanging, on a scale never seen before, to celebrate the conquest of Britain by his brother, William, Duke of Normandy. What he cannot anticipate is how utterly this will change his life-even more than the invasion itself.His life...
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January 1067. Charismatic bishop Odo of Bayeux commissions a wall hanging, on a scale never seen before, to celebrate the conquest of Britain by his brother, William, Duke of Normandy. What he cannot anticipate is how utterly this will change his life-even more than the invasion itself.His life becomes entangled with the women who embroider his hanging, especially Gytha-handmaiden to the fallen Saxon queen and his sworn enemy. But against their intentions, they fall helplessly in love. Friends become enemies, enemies become lovers; nothing in life or in the hanging is what it seems.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781905005390 (1905005393)
Publish date: April 1st 2007
Publisher: Snowbooks
Pages no: 576
Edition language: English
I actually tried this about 2-3 years ago and never made it very far. Only popped up on my radar after reading Harriet's review with the unintentionally hilarious typo :D
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