'The Wanderer' Volume 1 'Wolf's-Head'

SYNOPSIS: Ethelwulf, a young Saxon nobleman, witnesses the murder of his King at Corfe in 979 and, declared an outlaw, flees into exile. On the run in Jersey he narrowly escapes arrest and sails to Ireland. Here he meets magic and intrigue in a land torn apart by war between Viking and Gael and is expelled.

EXTRACT: 'By the dull light of the torch, carefully shielded by Pierre's body as he strained forward to catch the first glimpse of the grey shroud, the two diggers progressed in silence. Despite his club-foot which had condemned him to scraping a living wherever he could, Swjart was proving the faster of the two; indeed as the hole deepened Thorolf 's digging slowed, as if he wanted Swjart to make first contact with Death…'

EXAMPLE OF AN END-NOTE: '497 Murchad mac Finn, king of Laigen (or Leinster) had been dominated by the Vikings of Dublin and married off his daughter, Gormflath, to their King, Olaf Cuaran. Murchad was murdered by a Gaelic rival in 972. His son, Mael Morda, proved highly malleable and was to be persuaded by his sister into fruitless rebellion against Mael Sechlainn and Brian Boru, being finally killed at Clontarf in 1014.'

581 pages incl. 3 maps, 1 Family Tree & Endnotes

Click on SHOW MORE to return to 'The Wanderer' Choose Page
OR on ORDER to obtain a copy OR on BACK to return to the Entry Page.