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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>

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Have you ever had a dream that made you believe something special was going to happen? When two people share the same "dream", does that mean they are meant to be together?

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<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td><p class="large"><strong>Woman on Fire</strong><br /><strong>Author: Fran Lee</strong><br /><strong>Publisher: Elloras Cave Moderne</strong><br /><strong>Genre: Contemporary, Interracial, Native American</strong><br /><strong>Publication date: September 2010</strong><br /><strong>ISBN: 9781419930164</strong><br /><strong>Pages: 130</strong><br /><strong>Series: N/A</strong><br /><strong>Reviewer: Lila</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="18%"><span class="medium"><strong>Heat Level:</strong></span></td><td width="82%"><span class="medium"><img src="http://www.twolipsreviews.com/pepper.gif" alt="" height="27" width="16" /></span></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><span class="medium"><strong>Rating:</strong></span></td><td><span class="medium"><img src="http://www.twolipsreviews.com/lips.gif" alt="" height="15" width="27" /><img src="http://www.twolipsreviews.com/lips.gif" alt="" height="15" width="27" /><img src="http://www.twolipsreviews.com/lips.gif" alt="" height="15" width="27" /><img src="http://www.twolipsreviews.com/lips.gif" alt="" height="15" width="27" /><img src="http://www.twolipsreviews.com/lips_half.gif" alt="lips" height="15" width="14" /></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table style="width:420px;height:529px;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td class="medium"><br /><p><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">Cheyenne Red Wolf’s first day of class teaching Native American Studies went well considering she was a red haired, white skinned, blue-eyed woman with freckles.<span>  </span>That is, it went well until her boss shows up expecting to see a Native American teaching the class.<span>  </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">Azrael Thunder Horse was beyond angry.<span>  </span>Thinking he had been duped by the woman he tries to fire her.<span>  </span>That would be an easy task if Cheyenne wasn’t so smart as well as qualified for her position.<span>  </span>Azrael being completely and utterly attracted to her isn’t helping the matter.<span>  </span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">While Cheyenne thinks he is an arrogant, overbearing jerk, she can’t help but feel an unbelievable attraction to him.<span>  </span>She was raised more Native American than most of the students on the reservation she teaches.<span>  </span>He is everything her heart wanted when she was a young girl and she holds fast to those dreams as a woman.<span>  </span>Now can she make him see she isn’t just another white woman wanting a tussle with the real-deal Native American? <span> </span>Or will his resistance to her cause her to walk away from a lifelong dream?</span><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"> </span></p><p><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;">A wonderfully written novel by </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;"><span style="color:#008000;"><strong>Fran Lee, </strong></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Woman on Fire</span></strong> had me hooked from the moment I started and I was unable to put the book down until I read it from cover to cover.<span>  </span>As always with </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:10pt;"><span style="color:#008000;"><strong>Ms. Lee</strong></span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"><strong>, </strong>the love scenes between the couple are so vivid it’s like you are actually in their shoes (or bed - whichever case).<span>  </span>The plot moved right along, no hang-ups and no interruptions.<span>  </span>It’s no wonder she continues to be one of my favorite authors<strong><em>.<span>  </span></em></strong></span></p><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>