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Lucinda Sue Crosby is an award-winning author, journalist and environmentalist. She is a recorded and published Nashville songwriter and a former Hollywood actress. She's also a former professional athlete and sports announcer. Currently she resides in the Mojave Desert with her dog, Pookie.
Crosby owns and operates LuckyCinda, www.luckycinda.com, a publisher of books, music and poetry and is a partner with www.bookmarketing.luckycinda.com, a company dedicated to book marketing tips.

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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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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The most significant impacts on the person I am now – on my views, my dreams, my value system, the spiritual and physical me – were created by my grandmother, Frances Ella Pittstick Mendenhall and the most incredible canine companion imaginable, Babe the Wonder Dog. This novel gives me a chance to share the two great treasures of my life with others. And it keeps their memories warm and glowing in the forefront of my mind’s eye. Here’s the Trade Last: I got to recreate my father into a character any little girl would adore. That has proved to be more important now than when I began this literary journey 15 years ago.

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Throughout the story, readers will get to know the woman the author adored and admired – optimistic, outspoken, gracious and full of life.- The Observer, DeWitt, Iowa I couldn’t put it down.- <a href="http://garymuledeer.com/">Pat</a> Farris, Publisher, News Review Heartfelt and honest, this story is sure to become a classic.- Amazon.com review This was such an inspiring book to read. Makes me strive to never slow down my drive to live life to the fullest.- Barnes and Noble Review Women will love this new novel, “Francesca of Lost Nation.” This is one great story!- Barnes and Noble Review “I loved it!”- Gary Marshall, Hollywood icon

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