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.

With epic courage and ferocity, Godwin and Edmund repel the butchering Danes in three great battles. Godwin must traverse the meadows, wintry forests and fogbound marshes of Saxon England, raising armies of monks, ploughmen and shepherds against the Viking invader. 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. 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. 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. The year is 1016 and England burns while the Viking armies blockade the great city of London. superbly evoked the wordplay of the period's poetry as it unfolds a compelling story of Earl Godwin's battles against the Norse' King Ethelred lies dying and the England he knew dies with him.A Sunday Times Book of the Year 'Justin Hill's Shieldwall. advertisements & blank pages at rear.* Product Description:- The year is 1016 and England burns, while the advancing Viking armies blockade the great city of London.

VG++ * Illustrations: One b/w line drawn map at frontis. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors. No annotations, inscriptions or marks to text. See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Hill, Justin. VG++ * Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. He has written poetry, non-fiction and fiction, which spans eras as distant from one another as Anglo Saxon England, in Shieldwall, to Tang Dynasty, China, in. No creases to spine or hinge but very slightly dished. Justin Hill's Shieldwall is set in England in the years before the Norman Conquest his protagonist, Godwin, is born into the disastrous reign of Ethelred in the late 10th century Ethelred. * Binding and cover condition: Colour-illustrated soft card covers showing the hands of a knight carrying a sword and a shield. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 2012 * Publisher: Abacus. superbly evoked the wordplay of the period's poetry as it unfolds a compelling story of Earl Godwin's battles against the Norse'. SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. ASunday Times Book of the Year'Justin Hill's Shieldwall.

Shieldwall by Justin Hill