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Sales: Star Book Sales LLP T: 01404 515050E: enquiries@starbooksales.comtwitter.com/starbooksalesADVANCE INFORMATIONFireintheFensBook three of the 1066 SagaG.K. HollowayKEY SELLING POINTSThethirdinaseriesofnovelsdetailinglifeinEnglandatthetimeoftheNormanConquest. Vivid historical storytellingunderpinnedbywellresearchedhistoricaldetail.Setinthe1070%u2019sadepictionoftheconsequencesoftheNormaninvasionforthepeople caughtupinthose terrible times.DukeWilliamofNormandyhasconqueredallofEngland,exceptfortheIslandofEly,deepintheheartofthe Fens.Alandofmyths,mists,mireandmarshes,wheredeathcomesquicklytothecareless.Taking refugearepeoplecaughtup inthesedesperatetimes.A charismaticsoldierappearstolead theminto battleagainsta mercilessdespotandhishenchmen.Overcominglossandadaptingtotheworstof trialsin theirowndifferentways,theserefugees intheirhomecountryarewilling tolaydowntheirlivesfortheirrights andold way of life.Willtheirproclaimedking arrivewithanarmyandsavetheday?Cantheyevadecapture,orwilltheyhaveto facethewrathof theTyrant? Whatevertheoutcome, life will never be thesameforthemagain.G.K. Holloway left universitywitha degree in history and politics, afterwhichheworked in education.One Christmashiswife gavehimabook aboutthelastAnglo-Saxonking, andhebecamefascinatedby that turbulentperiodinEnglishhistory.TheresultisaseriesofnovelsabouttheNormanInvasionandthepeople caughtup intheviolenceandchaosofthetime.Publication Date: 28th November 2024 %u00a312.99 ISBN:9781836280422 Themasubjectcategory:FV%u2013Historicalfictionpaperback 216 x 138 mm 320 pp Portrait Authorlocation:Bristol