The Sons of Godwine: Part Two of The Last Great Saxon Earls
Description
<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
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The Author
Onofre M.Poonin
This author announces the publication of his interesting book
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Manila, Philippines – The author has teamed up with createspace.com, amazon.com, biblioscribe.com, etc., to release the book “The Consular Investigator – From Here to Inequity”, for the reading public. It will be hitting the shelves, up for sale, etc., today and as long as it will last.
The author of this book is a former Consular Investigator who worked with the embassy for more than a decade. He is a co-founder of Rescue 117, a duly registered and award-recipient civic organization in the Philippines.
He has achieved the title of Ezine Articles Expert Author and is a member of good standing with EzineArticles.com.
He has contributed a lot of articles in different websites and he is now publishing this latest novel "The Consular Investigator- From Here to Inequity", which describes the exploits and sacrifices of a Consular Investigator.
The book is a suspense-adventure saga of a Consular Investigator who accepts dangerous assignments to investigate questionable immigrant and visa cases, to infiltrate alien-smuggling syndicate and travel long distances of hundreds of miles, over rough terrain, and into areas that are either controlled or infiltrated by elements of the insurgency.
Always loyal to the embassy, the main character has gone through with his entire dangerous mission but finally finds him caught in the most tragic case of his own life.
Readers will indubitably relate on the intricacy of working in the diplomatic environment and will surely move their hearts from chapter to chapter. With some of the heartbreaking consequences to appear at the final chapter, this novel is a high-quality best-seller book of suspense, drama and adventure. - Biblioscribe
This book was conceived and written through hard work and it was inspired by the author’s admiration to his beloved friend and superior, Ret. And Mrs. MGen.Ramberto Saavedra, of the Philippine Armed Forces,(AFP), who has always led us in prayer before meals, Pastor Jun Cortez, Senior Pastor/Founder of Jesus Christ the Living God World Outreach Ministries, who does not stop texting his Bible Bites, and all other special people who had been an inspiration in the pursuit of this goal.
