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RISE OF THE FIRST WESSEX KING

AJ Proudfoot

ISBN 978-1-83574-019-4

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Publication: 25 JULY 2024
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ISBN: 9781835740194
Price: £9.99
Binding: Paperback

Format: 198 x 129 mm
Extent: 320 pp
Illustrated: None
Thema: FV Historical fiction

Author location: East Lothian

• Rise of the First Wessex King is a very intricate
and interesting novel inspired by a family
history.
• Set in A.D. 447-532 following Ceredic, the
second song of a fifth century Romano-British
chieftain.
• Perfect for fans of Bernard Cornwell, M J
Porter, Steven A. McKay.

A J Proudfoot lives in Musselburgh, near Edinburgh. He started his When the Saxons, invited to settle in Britannia by King
career as an accountant, working in the brewing, publishing and Wyrtgeorn, brutally murder the father and brother of
financial sectors, before qualifying as a chartered marketer, working Ceredig, the second son of a fifth century Romano-British
at the University of Edinburgh for over twenty years. After retiring, he chieftain, he flees the land of his birth.
has spent his free time researching his family history which led to his
first novel, Rise of the first Wessex King. While the Saxons expand their control over Britannia,
Ceredig grows up in Armorica, learning the ways of the
Gewisse, and ultimately taking command of this elite force
of warriors, who had remained loyal to his father,
Elisedd.

Despite ruling as a chieftain in Armorica, Ceredig remains
determined to return to his homeland, avenge his father and
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What happens next will go down in history…
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