Godwine Kingmaker: Part One of The Last Great Saxon Earls
Description
<p><span><span>Harold Godwineson, the Last Anglo-Saxon King, owed everything to his father. Who was this Godwine, first Earl of Wessex and known as the Kingmaker? Was he an unscrupulous schemer, using King and Witan to gain power? Or was he the greatest of all Saxon Earls, protector of the English against the hated Normans? The answer depends on who you ask. He was befriended by the Danes, raised up by Canute the Great, given an Earldom and a wife from the highest Danish ranks. He sired nine children, among them four Earls, a Queen and a future King. Along with his power came a struggle to keep his enemies at bay, and Godwine's best efforts were brought down by the misdeeds of his eldest son Swegn. Although he became father-in-law to a reluctant Edward the Confessor, his fortunes dwindled as the Normans gained prominence at court. Driven into exile, Godwine regathered his forces and came back even stronger, only to discover that his second son Harold was destined to surpass him in renown and glory.</span></span></p>
Story Behind The Book
Free Falling Into Your Higher Self was inspired by my personal experiences with changing my life, and my experiences in the field of social services. What I found when I interacted with clients is that so many defined themselves in such an impermeable fashion, that there was no longer a thought that change was possible. Contrary to my personal experiences, where I may have faced doubt or a lack of faith, I rarely defined myself in a concretized manner. I wrote this book to inform the reader that we cannot know ourselves. We can only observe patterns. Though this sounds daunting, it is actually an exquisite reality, because it means that we are infinite and incapable of being boxed in, therefore all possibilities for an exceptional life exist.
