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The Conquest
Elizabeth Chadwick
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Description for The Conquest
Paperback. A tale of love, betrayal, conflict and loss across two generations, set during the Norman Conquest. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 39. Weight in Grams: 404.
When a comet appears in the sky over England in 1066, Ailith, a young Saxon wife, feels sure that it can only bode well, in spite of her husband's fears. With a child on its way, the couple are prosperous and content. Yet, within a year, Ailith's joy turns to heartache as her husband and her child are taken from her and the conquering Normans advance.
Ailith's grief turns to love for a brief period with Rolf de Brize, a handsome and womanising Norman invader. She bears him one daughter, but in the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings she ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
576
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780751539417
SKU
V9780751539417
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-10
About Elizabeth Chadwick
New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Chadwick lives in a cottage in the Vale of Belvoir in Nottinghamshire with her husband and their four dogs. Her first novel, The Wild Hunt, won a Betty Trask Award, To Defy a King won the Romantic Novelist Association's Historical Novel Prize and The Scarlet Lion was nominated by Richard Lee - founder of ... Read more
Reviews for The Conquest
Well written and exciting.
THE TIMES
Thoroughly enjoyable.
MAIL ON SUNDAY
An author who makes history come gloriously alive.
ANNABEL
THE TIMES
Thoroughly enjoyable.
MAIL ON SUNDAY
An author who makes history come gloriously alive.
ANNABEL