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Godiva
Godiva
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Britain, 1045. The Normans are circling, waiting their turn to pounce on the English throne and wrest it away from the Anglo-Saxon barons. King Edward the Confessor, the childless, half Norman 'Virgin King' does his Machiavellian best to aid them. Everything centres on the succession.

Earl Lovric of Mercia and his powerful wife, Godiva - two of the most powerful of his Anglo-Saxon vassals are inevitably drawn into the machinations at Court. When Edward manipulates their son into a treasonable act and makes him a pawn in his power play, Godiva's maternal instincts rise to the fore. Intrigue and powerplay undermine her own trust in her husband . . . and the stage is set for one of the most powerful mythological stories of British history.

This is the story of an independent, resourceful and intelligent noble woman tested to the limits of her endurance, which illuminates one of the great myths of British history.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherPan Macmillan
Release dateDec 17, 2010
ISBN9780330539883
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Nerys Jones

Nerys Jones held a joint PhD in Celtic languages and literatures, and sociology. She lectured for several years in the Harvard Celtic department and published on Irish and Welsh medieval topics. She was Welsh and spoke fluent Welsh. In 2004 she began to write fiction. She died in 2007 while Godiva, her first novel, was being published.

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