About
Bookstoreowner, author, professional book reviewer, and coach, Bob Spear is ahistorical performer (Buffalo Bill Cody and Burl Ives), a storyteller,and professional musician. He borrows from his own 25-year career inArmy intelligence to lend realism to the stories he writes
Fatal Rivalry: Part Three of The Last Great Saxon Earls
Description
<p>In 1066, the rivalry between two brothers brought England to its knees. When Duke William of Normandy landed at Pevensey on September 28, 1066, no one was there to resist him. King Harold Godwineson was in the north, fighting his brother Tostig and a fierce Viking invasion. How could this have happened? Why would Tostig turn traitor to wreak revenge on his brother?<br />The Sons of Godwine were not always enemies. It took a massive Northumbrian uprising to tear them apart, making Tostig an exile and Harold his sworn enemy. And when 1066 came to an end, all the Godwinesons were dead except one: Wulfnoth, hostage in Normandy. For two generations, Godwine and his sons were a mighty force, but their power faded away as the Anglo-Saxon era came to a close.</p>
Story Behind The Book
CGSC is supposed to be neutral ground where all international
animosities are set aside for the year. That doesn’t mean that there
aren’t snubs and barbs among traditional enemies. One case in
point was the 1973 Mideast War. Overnight, all the Israeli Majors
disappeared to fly back home to assume positions with their country’s
armed forces. Two weeks after that lightning war, they returned to
CGSC. Many presented briefings on how Israel had won that war
while the Arab students fumed and muttered, totally chagrined.
The author and his family sponsored international officer families to CGSC for 25 years. One of those families were from Pakistan, which is how they learned about the conflict over Kashmir.
