The Wind from Hastings
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780395264744 (039526474X)
Publish date: May 1st 1978
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Pages no: 245
Edition language: English
I found a first edition hardcover copy of this book at my local used book store for about $3. I was excited to read it having recently finished Helen Hollick's 'Forever Queen' and 'I am the Chosen King' which end with the Battle of Hastings. My lack of love for this novel is at least partially my fa...
Edyth (or Aldith) is the daughter of the Earl of East Anglia who manages to get himself banished when he ticks of King Edward. Her father marries her off in a political alliance to the Welsh prince Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, and it is a happy one - until Harold Godwinson's soldiers arrive in Wales. The W...
Since I read it years ago I wont grade it.But what I remember from this book was that I really enjoyed it. It was also a sad story since her first husband was killed, and then she had to marry the man who ordered it.A good historical fiction book
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