The Sons of Godwine: Part Two of The Last Great Saxon Earls
Description
<p>Emerging from the long shadow cast by his formidable father, Harold Godwineson showed himself to be a worthy successor to the Earldom of Wessex. In the following twelve years, he became the King's most trusted advisor, practically taking the reins of government into his own hands. And on Edward the Confessor's death, Harold Godwineson mounted the throne—the first king of England not of royal blood. Yet Harold was only a man, and his rise in fortune was not blameless. Like any person aspiring to power, he made choices he wasn't particularly proud of. Unfortunately, those closest to him sometimes paid the price of his fame.<br /><br />This is a story of Godwine's family as told from the viewpoint of Harold and his younger brothers. Queen Editha, known for her Vita Ædwardi Regis, originally commissioned a work to memorialize the deeds of her family, but after the Conquest historians tell us she abandoned this project and concentrated on her husband, the less dangerous subject. In THE SONS OF GODWINE and FATAL RIVALRY, I am telling the story as it might have survived had she collected and passed on the memoirs of her tragic brothers.<br /><br />This book is part two of The Last Great Saxon Earls series. Book one, GODWINE KINGMAKER, depicted the rise and fall of the first Earl of Wessex who came to power under Canute and rose to preeminence at the beginning of Edward the Confessor's reign. Unfortunately, Godwine's misguided efforts to champion his eldest son Swegn recoiled on the whole family, contributing to their outlawry and Queen Editha's disgrace. Their exile only lasted one year and they returned victorious to London, though it was obvious that Harold's career was just beginning as his father's journey was coming to an end.<br /><br />Harold's siblings were all overshadowed by their famous brother; in their memoirs we see remarks tinged sometimes with admiration, sometimes with skepticism, and in Tostig's case, with jealousy. We see a Harold who is ambitious, self-assured, sometimes egocentric, imperfect, yet heroic. His own story is all about Harold, but his brothers see things a little differently. Throughout, their observations are purely subjective, and witnessing events through their eyes gives us an insider’s perspective.<br /><br />Harold was his mother's favorite, confident enough to rise above petty sibling rivalry but Tostig, next in line, was not so lucky. Harold would have been surprised by Tostig's vindictiveness, if he had ever given his brother a second thought. And that was the problem. Tostig's love/hate relationship with Harold would eventually destroy everything they worked for, leaving the country open to foreign conquest. This subplot comes to a crisis in book three of the series, FATAL RIVALRY.</p>
Story Behind The Book
Welcome back to Warrenton, where love defies everything—even death.
Once upon a time, a young boy named Frank DeLuca lived in this bedroom. His little league trophies lined the shelves; his toys littered the floor; his dirty socks lay balled up and forgotten under the bed. But little boys grow into young men, and sometimes young men make foolhardy choices.
In Paramour, we met Frank DeLuca, the poster guy for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Trapped with nothing but time to burn and a heart that lived on long after it stopped beating, he passed the limitless days and nights watching over Camellia Stafford, the girl who moved into his room as a toddler and grew up with a ghost in her light fixture. As Cam grew older, a passionate but impossible love grew from the unlikely friendship between a young woman who was afraid to live her life and a man trapped between this world and the next. When Brad Mitchum, the handsome guy next door, set his sights on Cam, Frank found himself in the fight of his afterlife. Suddenly, Cam was torn between two men, one living and one dead, and both vying for her love.
Now, a new family has moved into Frank’s house, and a new little boy’s toys fill his bedroom. Elise and Nick Ferro hope their move to a new house will give their grandson, Jaden, the fresh start he needs. Jaden’s mother, Gina, wants nothing more than to watch over her baby, any way she can. Even if it means putting up with the obnoxious squatter camped out in the light fixture.
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