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Author : William Leighton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Sons of Godwin written by William Leighton and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael John Key
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781445694061
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (94 download)
Download or read book The House of Godwin written by Michael John Key and published by . This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most powerful dynasty behind the throne of Anglo-Saxon England, shedding new light on events such as the Battle of Hastings.
Author : Justin Hill
Publisher : Abacus
ISBN 13 : 0748120009
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (481 download)
Download or read book Shieldwall written by Justin Hill and published by Abacus. This book was released on 2011-05-26 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Sunday Times Book of the Year 'Justin Hill's Shieldwall . . . superbly evoked the wordplay of the period's poetry as it unfolds a compelling story of Earl Godwin's battles against the Norse' 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.
Author : Sharon Bennett Connolly
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445678764
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book Silk and the Sword written by Sharon Bennett Connolly and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of the women, on all sides, who had major parts to play in the momentous year of 1066.
Author : Tom Licence
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300255586
Total Pages : 363 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Edward the Confessor written by Tom Licence and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative life of Edward the Confessor, the monarch whose death sparked the invasion of 1066 One of the last kings of Anglo-Saxon England, Edward the Confessor regained the throne for the House of Wessex and is the only English monarch to have been canonized. Often cast as a reluctant ruler, easily manipulated by his in-laws, he has been blamed for causing the invasion of 1066—the last successful conquest of England by a foreign power. Tom Licence navigates the contemporary webs of political deceit to present a strikingly different Edward. He was a compassionate man and conscientious ruler, whose reign marked an interval of peace and prosperity between periods of strife. More than any monarch before, he exploited the mystique of royalty to capture the hearts of his subjects. This compelling biography provides a much-needed reassessment of Edward’s reign—calling into doubt the legitimacy of his successors and rewriting the ending of Anglo-Saxon England.
Author : Michael John Key
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445694077
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)
Download or read book The House of Godwin written by Michael John Key and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most powerful dynasty behind the throne of Anglo-Saxon England, shedding new light on events such as the Battle of Hastings.
Author : Peter Godwin
Publisher : Back Bay Books
ISBN 13 : 0316032093
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)
Download or read book When a Crocodile Eats the Sun written by Peter Godwin and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2008-04-10 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After his father's heart attack in 1984, Peter Godwin began a series of pilgrimages back to Zimbabwe, the land of his birth, from Manhattan, where he now lives. On these frequent visits to check on his elderly parents, he bore witness to Zimbabwe's dramatic spiral downwards into the jaws of violent chaos, presided over by an increasingly enraged dictator. And yet long after their comfortable lifestyle had been shattered and millions were fleeing, his parents refuse to leave, steadfast in their allegiance to the failed state that has been their adopted home for 50 years. Then Godwin discovered a shocking family secret that helped explain their loyalty. Africa was his father's sanctuary from another identity, another world. When a Crocodile Eats the Sun is a stirring memoir of the disintegration of a family set against the collapse of a country. But it is also a vivid portrait of the profound strength of the human spirit and the enduring power of love.
Author : William Leighton
Publisher : Palala Press
ISBN 13 : 9781346361697
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (616 download)
Download or read book The Sons of Godwin written by William Leighton and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2015-11-15 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Emma Mason
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9781852853891
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (538 download)
Download or read book The House of Godwine written by Emma Mason and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2004-03-04 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harold Godwineson was king of England from January 1066 until his death at Hastings in October of that year. For much of the reign of Edward the Confessor, who was married to Harold’s sister Eadgyth, the Godwine family, led by Earl Godwine, had dominated English politics. In The Rise and Fall of the House of Godwine, Emma Mason tells the turbulent story of a remarkable family which, until Harold’s unexpected defeat, looked far more likely than the dukes of Normandy to provide the long-term rulers of England. But for the Norman Conquest, an Anglo-Saxon England ruled by the Godwine dynasty would have developed very differently from that dominated by the Normans.
Author : Mercedes Rochelle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780997318203
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (182 download)
Download or read book The Sons of Godwine written by Mercedes Rochelle and published by . This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earl Godwine had great plans for his children. But he didn't understand his sons. And they barely understood each other. This is England in the days of Edward the Confessor, when Godwine and his sons tower over the other great families. Harold emerges as the power behind the throne. Tostig rules the north. They control all the earldoms except one. What could go wrong? We see tumultuous events of the mid-11th century through the eyes of Godwine's sons. Harold's story is all about Harold, but his brothers see things a little differently. Their remarks are tinged sometimes with admiration, sometimes with skepticism. Alas, Harold's rise in fortune is not blameless, and sometimes those closest to him must pay the price of his fame.
Author : Ian W Walker
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 075246826X
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)
Download or read book Harold written by Ian W Walker and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: King Harold Godwineson (c.1022-66) is one of history's shadowy figures, known mainly for his defeat and death at the Battle of Hastings. His true status and achievements have been overshadowed by the events of October 1066 and by the bias imposed by the Norman victory. In truth, he deserves to be recalled as one of England's greatest rulers. Harold: The Last Anglo-Saxon King sets out to correct this distorted image by presenting Harold's life in its proper context, offering the first full-length critical study of his career in the years leading up to 1066. Ian Walker's carefully researched critique allows the reader to realistically assess the lives of both Harold and his rival William, significantly enhancing our knowledge of both.
Author : Paula Lofting
Publisher : Longship Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780995545700
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (457 download)
Download or read book Sons of the Wolf written by Paula Lofting and published by Longship Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the battlefield, Wulfhere fights for his life but elsewhere the enemy is closer to home, sinister and shadowy and far more dangerous than any war. 1054, pious King Edward sits on the throne, spending his days hunting, sleeping and praying, leaving the security of his kingdom to his more capable brother-in-law Harold Godwinson, the powerful Earl of Wessex. Against this backdrop we meet Wulfhere, a Sussex thegn who, as the sun sets over the wild forest of Andredesweald, is returning home victoriously from a great battle in the north. Holding his lands directly from the King, his position demands loyalty to Edward himself, but Wulfhere is duty-bound to also serve Harold, a bond forged within Wulfhere's family heritage and borne of the ancient Teutonic ideology of honour and loyalty. Wulfhere is a man with the strength and courage of a bear, a warrior whose loyalty to his lord and king is unquestionable. He is also a man who holds his family dear and would do anything to protect them. So when Harold demands that he wed his daughter to the son of Helghi, his sworn enemy, Wulfhere has to find a way to save his daughter from a life of certain misery in the household of the cruel and resentful Helghi without compromising his honour and loyalty to his lord, Harold. Sons of the Wolf is a panoramic snapshot of medieval life and politics as the events that lead to the downfall of Anglo Saxon England play out, immersing the reader in the tapestry of life as it was before the Doomsday Book. With depictions of everyday life experienced through the minds of the peoples of the time; of feasts in the Great Halls to battles fought in the countryside, it cannot help but enlighten, educate and entertain.
Author : William 1833-1911 Leighton
Publisher : Wentworth Press
ISBN 13 : 9781373699800
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (998 download)
Download or read book SONS OF GODWIN A TRAGEDY written by William 1833-1911 Leighton and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Edward William Godwin
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300080085
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book E.W. Godwin written by Edward William Godwin and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first section of this work, ten scholars examine E.W. Godwin's life and career, discussing his diverse contributions as a design reformer. The second section presents a fully annotated selection of over 150 items that represent the formation and flowering of Godwin's oeuvre.
Author : Frank Barlow
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317868099
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book The Godwins written by Frank Barlow and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-16 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The family of Earl Godwin of Wessex stands among the most famous in English history, whose most famous son was King Harold. Frank Barlow charts the family through to Harold – the last Anglo-Saxon king – and finally the crowning of William the Conqueror during the Norman Conquest. Set against the backdrop of Viking raids and ultimately the Norman Conquest of 1066, Frank Barlow unravels the gripping history of a feuding family that nevertheless determined the course and fortunes of all the English.
Author : Patricia Beer
Publisher : Hamish Hamilton
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Wessex written by Patricia Beer and published by Hamish Hamilton. This book was released on 1985 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gail Godwin
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780380729876
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (298 download)
Download or read book A Southern Family written by Gail Godwin and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novels of Gail Godwin are contemporary classics -- evocative, powerfully affecting, beautifully crafted fiction alive with endearing, unforgettable characters. Her critically acclaimed work has placed her among the ranks of Eudora Welty, Pat Conroy, and Carson McCullers, firmly establishing Godwin as a Southern literary novelist for the ages. In A Southern Famiy, the celebrated author of A Mother and Two Daughters, The Finishing School, and Father Melancholy's Daughter once again explores the shattering dynamics of parents' relationships with their children and themselves. It is the story of the Quick family and the reunion that leads to tragedy -- a masterful tale of anger and pain, of love and hatred, and of the understanding that ultimately heals.
