Shieldwall, 9780349123370
Paperback
England ablaze, a young warrior rises against Viking invasion and treachery.

Shieldwall

$37.47

  • Paperback

    512 pages

  • Release Date

    7 May 2012

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Summary

Shieldwall: A Novel of Saxon England

The year is 1016. England burns as Viking armies blockade London. King Ethelred is dying, and the warring kingdoms of Mercia, Wessex, and Northumbria tremble on the brink of change.

Godwin, barely a man, is destined to become one of England’s great warriors. When Ethelred’s son Edmund takes the throne, determined to succeed where his father failed, he chooses Godwin to stand beside him in his loyal shield wall.

Godwin must travers…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349123370
ISBN-10:0349123373
Series:Abacus
Author:Justin Hill
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Abacus
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:512
Release Date:7 May 2012
Weight:340g
Dimensions:196mm x 124mm x 36mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘Exciting, gripping and imaginative’

Written in supple, intelligent prose … Shieldwall is a vivid historical novel … Entirely convincing - Sunday Times - Nick Rennison

Inspired … With wonderful, poetic passages, Hill reaches beyond the limits of the genre and … harks back to the halls of our Saxon forebears in those dark days - Guardian - Ian Mortimer

Exciting, gripping and imaginative - The Times - Kate Saunders

Truly compelling - Sunday Times

Hill’s sense of place, landscape and home is really good. His particular discovery is how he makes his characters’ internal lives. I shall be waiting for the next novel in the trilogy - Observer

About The Author

Justin Hill

Justin Hill has been the winner of the Betty Trask, Geoffrey Faber and Somerset Maugham awards and his books have been translated into fifteen languages.

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