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
My wife and I have always enjoyed antiques, especially (for me anyway)
antiques related to the Civil War or that era. We frequently visit antique
shops wherever we go and peruse the stock. One day we were visiting a series
of antique shops in s distant town and found an interesting piece. As we
stood there looking at it we began discussing what life must have been like
for the people who owned that particular item. That discussion formed the
basis for The Antiquarian Chronicles. While the book took several years from
that point to reach its final form, that was how I came up with the basic
idea for the story line.
