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Shieldwall

Title

Shieldwall / Justin Hill.

Author

Hill, Justin, 1971-

Publication

London : Abacus, 2012.
©2011

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Description

xii, 497 pages : map; 20 cm

Summary

"The year is 1016 and England burns while the Viking armies blockade the great city of London. King Ethelred lies dying and the England he knew dies with him; the warring kingdoms of Mercia, Wessex and Northymbria tremble on the brink of great change. One man lives to bear witness to the upheaval: Godwin, barely out of boyhood and destined to become one of his country's great warriors. When Ethelred's son Edmund takes the throne, determined to succeed where his father failed, he plucks Godwin from domestic peace to be right-hand man in his loyal shield wall. Godwin must traverse the meadows, wintry forests and fogbound marshes of Saxon England, raising armies of monks, ploughmen and shepherds against the Viking invader. With epic courage and ferocity, Godwin and Edmund repel the butchering Danes in three great battles. But an old enemy, the treacherous Earl Eadric, dogs Godwin's footsteps, and as the final battle approaches, around the valiant English the trap begins to close."--Publisher description.

Subject

Genre/Form

Historical fiction.
Fiction.
History.

Note

Originally published: London: Little, Brown, 2011.

ISBN

9780349123370
0349123373

OCLC

ocn769471165
769471165
SCSB-14003672

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library