The Fighting Man: AD 1066 - Softcover

Deans, Adrian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0987612921 ISBN 13: 9780987612922

Verlag: Adrian Deans, 2018

Inhaltsangabe

A Tale of Love and Revenge
Set Against History's Bloody Backdrop...

In the year 1060, young Brand Holgarsson's family are wiped out in a Viking raid arranged by Brand's treacherous uncle Malgard. Malgard is named thegn of the town of Stybbor in East Anglia while Brand is made outlaw and hunted through the woods by Malgard's men, determined to extinguish the last possible claim to Malgard's thegnship.

Aided by a strange young woman, Valla, who claims to be 242 years old, Brand escapes and is befriended by Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex and the choice of the Saxon nobles to be king after the childless Edward (the Confessor). Brand nurses his dream of vengeance over Malgard while sharing Harold's perils and waiting for Valla who will only return from The Place of Dreams if Brand has remained true to his promise to lie with no other woman.

All stories come together at the Battle of Hastings, where Harold's great banner, The Fighting Man, flew above the field at Senlac Ridge in opposition to the papal cross carried by William the Bastard.

"Not since reading Sharpe have I felt such a sense of being in the story. Outstanding." - Stuart Quin, Full Circle Films

"I read it on the train, walking down the street, well after my usual bed time and when I was supposed to be working. Even though I knew exactly where the story was headed, I was compelled to know what happened next." - Jane B Rawson, From The Wreck

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A lawyer by day, ADRIAN DEANS has been writing seriously since 1992 developing something of a reputation in the niche field of offbeat crime. Making his debut in 2010, his first two books were popular enough to make it into the airport bookstores.In 2017, he expanded his range with the publication of The Fighting Man - an historical novel reinterpreting the Bayeux Tapestry and culminating with the Battle of Hastings. That book featured also a subtle foray into "the hidden world" - the main romantic interest being a druid, giving the story the ambience (if not the reality) of magic.Welcome to Ord City (2020) extended his range yet again but it is Asparagus Grass in which Adrian finally gives full vent to his speculative fiction soul."You might say everything I've done has had an aspect of spec fiction to it. My first books were technically crime, with a splash of surrealism here and there, but the trajectory has always been towards spec fiction and sci-fi. If I were to describe my own approach and style, I would say that I focus on the oddities and imperfections that others seem to miss. I write about the extraordinary within the ordinary, the strange illogicality of accepted norms and the life that happens between the cracks."Adrian is an occasional contributor to Newswrite - the Writing NSW magazine and blogs at The Book Hammer where he rants about his various obsessions du jour, including books, films, theatre and people in public life who really piss him off. He is also involved with The Kones - a secret musical project, which he's not allowed to talk about.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Adrian Deans
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0987612921
• ISBN 13: 9780987612922
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 464
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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