Showing results for "The Eight" in Medieval

Viking raiders threaten Wessex. These blood-thirsty warriors are fast, skillful, and have no reticence about killing those who stand in their way. Their aim isn't to rule but to overwhelm, slaughter, and take ill-gotten wealth. To save Mercia, Icel must first prevail over the two men who mean to end his life: King Ecgberht of Wessex and his son, Æthelwulf of Kent, and only then the marauding Viking army for whom boundaries have no meaning.

Greed and ambition threaten to tear the north apart. War rages between the two kingdoms of Northumbria. Kin is pitted against kin, and friend becomes foe as ambitious kings vie for supremacy. When Beobrand travels south into East Angeln to rescue a friend, he unwittingly tilts the balance of power in the north, setting in motion events that will lead to a climactic confrontation between Oswiu of Bernicia and Oswine of Deira.

Bordeaux, 1367. Sir Thomas Blackstone ist Steinmetz, Bogenschütze, Schwertkämpfer, Kriegsherr des englischen Königs. Und erneut wird er vom englischen Kronprinzen gebraucht, um die Welle der Unterstützung für den König von Frankreich zurückzudrängen. Ein lästiges Werkzeug: Don Pedro, als Verbündeter für England unverzichtbar. Blackstone soll ihn zurück auf den Thron von Kastilien bringen – und ist seiner Mission für diesen grausamen Herrscher zutiefst überdrüssig. Unterdessen zieht Blackstones Sohn Henry inkognito durch Frankreich.

Bordeaux, 1367. Having angered the bloodthirsty Don Pedro, King of Castile, Sir Thomas Blackstone is thoroughly sick of his mission for the Prince of Wales, but must remain true to his oath. But this is the Hundred Years' War, and tensions are rising once more. With the Prince of Wales deeply unpopular in his Aquitainian lands, Blackstone, King Edward's Master of War, must return to French soil to help stem the tide of support for the King of France. Meanwhile, Henry, Blackstone's son, faces an incognito ride across France with his own motley band of outlaws and mercenaries.

King Henry is dead and Stephen of Blois claims the throne of England and the Dukedom of Normandy. The Earl of Cleveland returns to England to fight for the heirs of Henry. When King David and his Scottish army capture most of northern England it is only Alfraed who holds out against him. Set in the early years of the Anarchy this is a fast moving book filled with battles and intrigue.

Sir William Strongstaff is dead, and the defender of England and its kings is no longer there to battle the French. His chosen knight, Sir Michael of Weedon, is removed as the new king’s bodyguard, and he is sent to France, where the king’s uncles are trying to finish the job begun by King Henry V. From the outset, Sir Michael and his men are beset by treachery and intrigue. The line between ally and enemy appears to be almost invisible. The struggle is not only for England’s crown, but also the French one!

Master Hugh, Kate, and their children attend the Midsummer’s Eve fire. Early next morning, Hugh hears the passing bell ring from the Church of St. Beornwald and moments later is summoned. Tenants collecting the ashes to spread upon their fields have found burned bones. Master Hugh learns of several men of Bampton and nearby villages who have gone missing recently. Most are soon found, some alive, some dead. Master Hugh eventually learns that the bones are those of a bailiff from a nearby manor. Someone has slain him and placed his body in the fire to destroy evidence of murder.