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Sales: Star Book Sales LLP T: 01404 515050E: enquiries@starbooksales.comtwitter.com/starbooksales ADVANCE INFORMATIONTheBookandthe KnifePartOne:ThegnofBerewic Paul CobbKEY SELLING POINTSAnovelsetaroundapowerfulmedievalbookwhichreachesEnglandandbecomescaughtupinthestruggle betweenitstwo leading families, andtheevents leading up totheNorman invasionof 1066.Abook thatis sopowerful andlinkedtoaforetellingsoinescapablethat itwillputanewrulerona throne but which ruler and what countryHistorical fiction woven around real events and characters.In1031,anArabscientist,aJewishastronomerandaChristianmonkgatherunderthedomeofanobservatory inSpain.Theylearnthatabook of knowledge, andaforetellingwrittenonthebladeof aknife,will putaruler onathrone%u2014 butwho,when,andwhere?Whatlinks thebook toavillageinSussex,andtheconflict between the houses of Wessex and Godwin?Asthethreeguardiansofthebook begintocovetitsknowledgeforthemselves,oneof themmustcarrya secretthatgoes totheheartoftheclaimtothethroneof England.Butcanthebook be savedfromtheman whowilluse itforhisownends?FromSpaintoNormandyandEngland,The Bookandthe Knife: Thegnof Berewic isthestoryofa centuriesoldbookofknowledge,oftwofamilieslockedinageneration%u2014spanningbloodfeud,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 %u00a310.99 ISBN:9781836280699 Themasubjectcategory:FV%u2013Historicalfictionpaperback 198 x 129 mm 432 pp Portrait Authorlocation:Yorkshire