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Shelley Stout

Shelley Stout

About

Originally from Annandale, Virginia, Shelley Stout resides inCharlotte, North Carolina, where she enjoys spending time with her twogrown sons. She also enjoys volunteering at a local homeless shelter.Shelley is a contributing writer for Charlotte area magazines, and heraward-winning fiction has appeared in anthologies, The StorytellerMagazine and online at WordRiot.

Fatal Rivalry: Part Three of The Last Great Saxon Earls

Fatal Rivalry: Part Three of The Last Great Saxon Earls

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<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

In the early 20th century, radium was considered a miracle cure-all. Doctors prescribed it for many ailments, and patients believed it was safe. In the 1920s, young women factory workers in Ottawa, IL, painted the numbers on luminous watch and clock dials with paint made from radium. They were taught to dip their brush tips into the paint, and then for a sharp point, place it between their lips. Scores of women died from this practice. This is their story.

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The Times (Ottawa, IL)

🔗 http://www.mywebtimes.com/archives/ottawa/display.php?id=404439

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Reviews

<h4>Batt Humphreys, former senior producer for CBS News and author of Dead Weight:</h4> <p>&quot;Shelley Stout debuts with a novel of characters as compelling as the true story it covers. Like a good reporter, she follows the facts. In this case she not only uncovers a story little known, but more importantly she reveals in her characters, the humanity of a tragic tale.&quot;</p><h4>Red Adept's Kindle Book Review Blog</h4> &quot;5 Stars......this was a novel to tug at the heart.&quot;<br /><br /><h4>The Historical Novel Review</h4> &quot;At turns humorous, feisty, and heartrendingly childlike, [main character] Helen’s narrative voice is powerfully blunt.&quot;<br /><p></p>