Dunstan

A spellbinding story of ambition, anarchy, and absolute power set against the brutal world of 10th century England'I have broken my vows. I have murdered innocents. I have trod down the soil over their dead face with my bare heels, and only the moon as witness. I have loved a woman and she ruined me. I have loved a king and yet I ruined him.'The year is 937. England is a nation divided, ruled by minor kings and Viking lords. Each vies for land and power. The Wessex king thelstan, grandson of Alfred the Great, is readying himself to throw a spear into the north.Behind him stands Dunstan, the man who will control the destiny of the next seven kings of England, and the fate of an entire nation.Welcome to the original game for the English throne.

“One of the most interesting historical novels of recent times-- The Tablet Iggulden's Dunstan is a vivid, convincing character-- BBC History Magazine This engrossing novel is rich in intrigue, with Iggulden breathing life into this remarkable and complex figure who played a vital role in safeguarding a newly united England-- Daily Express Iggulden... tells an absolutely cracking story... the pace is nail-biting and the set dressing magnificent-- The Times Iggulden takes what you thought was a ho-hum era and peopled it with characters so finely honed it becomes a gripping and glorious legend. Can't fault the man. Brilliant!-- Weekend Sport Breathes new life into the darkest and most dramatic of times-- Star Iggulden is in a class of his own when it comes to epic, historical fiction-- The Daily Mirror Compelling reading-- Woman and Home Superbly plotted and paced-- The Times”

One of the most interesting historical novels of recent times The Tablet
Iggulden's Dunstan is a vivid, convincing character BBC History Magazine
This engrossing novel is rich in intrigue, with Iggulden breathing life into this remarkable and complex figure who played a vital role in safeguarding a newly united England Daily Express
Iggulden... tells an absolutely cracking story... the pace is nail-biting and the set dressing magnificent The Times
Iggulden takes what you thought was a ho-hum era and peopled it with characters so finely honed it becomes a gripping and glorious legend. Can't fault the man. Brilliant! Weekend Sport
Breathes new life into the darkest and most dramatic of times Star
Iggulden is in a class of his own when it comes to epic, historical fiction The Daily Mirror
Compelling reading Woman and Home
Superbly plotted and paced The Times

CONN IGGULDEN is one of the most successful authors of historical fiction writing today, with bestselling series on Julius Caesar, Genghis Khan and the Wars of the Roses, as well as two stand-alone novels- Dunstan, set in the red-blooded world of tenth-century England, and The Falcon of Sparta, in which Iggulden returns to the Ancient World. Both instalments of his Athenian series, -The Gates of Athens and Protector, and his recent Golden Age series, Lion and Empire, are Sunday Times bestsellers.

'Iggulden is in a class of his own when it comes to epic, historical fiction' Daily Mirror Tenth century England: a divided and broken country of misrule. Yet King Athelstan, grandson of Alfred the Great, seeks to unite the kingdom under one crown. By his side is Dunstan of Glastonbury - priest, soldier, visionary and, some insist, traitor - whose task is to steward seven kings through fire, war, murder and fury to see Athelstan's dream come true. But what stain will it leave on his mortal soul? 'Iggulden has created an intriguingly complex saint - flawed, spiteful and unreliable as the teller of his own tale. Through his eyes we watch the story of the making of England' The Times 'Engrossing. Rich in intrigue, with Iggulden breathing life into this remarkable and complex figure who played a vital role in safeguarding a newly united England' Daily Express 'A gripping and glorious legend. Brilliant!' Weekend Sport

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