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Ellen C Maze

Ellen C Maze

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I am the author of the new undead tale Rabbit: Chasing Beth Rider. More than 100 5-Star Reviews, including #1 Amazon Reviewer!! quotes:"PHENOMENON! BRAND NEW VAMPIRE MYTHOS! PAGE-TURNER! RIVALS DAN BROWN& STEPHEN KING! CHALLENGES FAITH!" Yayyy!------ Find me on facebook: 'ellen c mccraney maze'-----and on Twitter'ellenmaze'

The Sons of Godwine: Part Two of The Last Great Saxon Earls

The Sons of Godwine: Part Two of The Last Great Saxon Earls

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<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

#1 Customer-Ranked Book on Amazon Kindle, #1 in HORROR, OCCULT, & MYSTERY/THRILLER! FAITH AND BLOODLUST, how do they go together to make a compelling and addicting fiction novel? Read this book and find out! Rabbit: Chasing Beth Rider began as a 'pre-novel' to my upcoming vampire series THE CORESCU CHRONICLES (Nov.2010). But it eventually grew into it's own with a growing fan base and truly loyal readers, desperate for more. RABBIT will be followed by two others in the series, RABBIT LEGACY (2010) & RABBIT REDEMPTION (2011). THE CORESCU CHRONICLES have 4 installments and will come out every 6 months beginning Fall 2010. I hope you love them as much as we do!

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Reviews

<p align="center" style="text-align:center;"><span lang="en" style="font-size:24pt;font-family:BRADDON;color:#c00000;" xml:lang="en">Rabbit Chasers chime in…<br /><em>Rabbit </em>is Loved across the Board!</span><br /><span lang="en" style="font-size:24pt;font-family:Garamond, serif;color:#c00000;" xml:lang="en">Reviews and Comments on<br /><em>Rabbit: Chasing Beth Rider</em></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span lang="en" style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Century Gothic', 'sans-serif';" xml:lang="en">FIFTY-FOUR (54) FIVE-STAR Ratings on AMAZON.COM, </span></p> <p style="line-height:115%;"><span lang="en" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Century Gothic', 'sans-serif';" xml:lang="en">&quot;CHALLENGES FAITH… </span></p> <p> </p> <p style="line-height:115%;"><span lang="en" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Century Gothic', 'sans-serif';" xml:lang="en">&quot;Gives us A BELIEVABLE LOOK at vampires… </span></p> <p> </p> <p style="line-height:115%;"><span lang="en" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Century Gothic', 'sans-serif';" xml:lang="en">&quot;CHARACTERS are SOLID and WELL DRAWN… </span></p> <p> </p> <p style="line-height:115%;"><span lang="en" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Century Gothic', 'sans-serif';" xml:lang="en">&quot;The kind of story that COULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN…</span></p> <p> </p> <p style="line-height:115%;"><span lang="en" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Century Gothic', 'sans-serif';" xml:lang="en">&quot;A REALLY NEW IDEA which intrigues the &quot;vampire&quot; enthusiast and CHALLENGES …THE RELIGIOUS CROWD.</span></p> <p> </p> <p style="line-height:115%;"><span lang="en" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Century Gothic', 'sans-serif';" xml:lang="en">&quot;Rabbit will SHAKE YOUR WORLD.</span></p> <p> </p> <p style="line-height:115%;"><span lang="en" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Century Gothic', 'sans-serif';" xml:lang="en">&quot;GOT LOST IN IT...can't wait for the sequel!</span></p> <p> </p> <p style="line-height:115%;"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Century Gothic', 'sans-serif';">&quot;A TRUE PHENOMENON. </span></p> <p> </p> <p style="line-height:115%;"><span lang="en-ca" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Century Gothic', 'sans-serif';" xml:lang="en-ca">&quot;One of the BEST NOVELS I HAVE EVER READ…</span></p> <p> </p> <p style="line-height:115%;"><span lang="en-ca" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Century Gothic', 'sans-serif';" xml:lang="en-ca">&quot;Lightning paced plot THAT RIVALS the works of DAN BROWN or STEPHEN KING.</span></p> <p> </p> <p style="line-height:115%;"><span lang="en-ca" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Century Gothic', 'sans-serif';" xml:lang="en-ca">&quot;Part LOVE STORY, part MYTHOLOGY, part VAMPIRE TALE and all heat, <em>Rabbit: Chasing Beth Rider</em> is the very definition of PAGE TURNER…. </span></p> <p> </p> <p style="line-height:115%;"><span lang="en-ca" style="font-size:14pt;line-height:115%;font-family:'Century Gothic', 'sans-serif';" xml:lang="en-ca">&quot;The story will HOOK YOU, HAUNT YOU and STAY WITH YOU well after you’ve turned the last page…  </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Century Gothic', 'sans-serif';">&quot;A FRESH and EXCITING rendition of the VAMPIRE mythos </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:'Century Gothic', 'sans-serif';">&quot;Ellen C. Maze spins a SUPERB and UNIQUE vampire thriller.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"> </p>