Shieldwall
$36.82
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
7 May 2012
Summary
The year is 1016 and England burns while the Viking armies blockade the great city of London. King Ethelred lies dying and the England he knew dies with him; the warring kingdoms of Mercia, Wessex and Northymbria tremble on the brink of great change. One man lives to bear witness to the upheaval: Godwin, barely out of boyhood and destined to become one of his country’s great warriors.
When Ethelred’s son Edmund takes the throne, determined to succeed where his father failed, he plucks…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349123370 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349123373 |
| 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 |
| Series: | Abacus |
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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 MortimerExciting, gripping and imaginative - The Times - Kate SaundersTruly compelling - Sunday TimesHill’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 - ObserverAbout 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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