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ADVANCE INFORMATION

The Bookandthe

Knife

Part One: Thegn of Berewic

Paul Cobb

KEY SELLING POINTS

AnovelsetaroundapowerfulmedievalbookwhichreachesEnglandandbecomescaughtupinthestruggle
betweenitstwo leading families, andtheevents leading up totheNorman invasionof 1066.
A book that is sopowerful andlinked to aforetellingsoinescapablethat it willputanewruler on a throne
but which ruler and what country
Historical fiction woven around real events and characters.

In1031, anArabscientist,aJewishastronomerand aChristianmonk gatherunderthedomeof anobservatory
in Spain. Theylearnthatabook of knowledge, andaforetellingwrittenon theblade of aknife, will putaruler
onathrone— butwho,when,andwhere?Whatlinks thebook toavillageinSussex,andtheconflict between
the houses of Wessex and Godwin?

Asthethreeguardians of thebook begin to covetitsknowledgeforthemselves, oneof themmust carrya
secret thatgoes to theheart of theclaim to thethrone of England. Butcanthe book be savedfrom theman
whowilluse it for hisownends?

FromSpaintoNormandyandEngland,The Bookandthe Knife: Thegnof Berewic isthestoryofa
centuriesoldbookofknowledge,oftwofamilieslockedinageneration—spanningbloodfeud,andofthe
struggle for power in England. A story of loyalty and treachery, love and hate.

Paul Cobb wasbornintoaYorkshirefarmingfamilyandlivesinKent.Aconservationistbyprofessionanda
historianby interest,hehaslived andworkedhiswholelife in thelandscapeshewritesabout.Paulhasalso
published poetry and is a former magazine columnist.

Publication Date: 28th November 2024 £10.99 ISBN: 9781836280699
Themasubjectcategory:FV–Historical fiction
paperback 198 x 129 mm 432 pp Portrait Author location: Yorkshire

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