James Calbraith
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The Wrath of the Iutes (Song of Octa #2; The Song of Britain #5):
"Brilliant and informative series, great author if you like Griff Hosker and Bernard Cornwall etc.
Brilliant series, so much is unknown of these times between leaving Roman Empire and the start of the Anglo Saxon era" |
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The Saxon Spears (Song of Ash #1; The Song of Britain #1):
"Employs history and legend to good effect
Plausible conditions in England following withdrawal of Roman Legions provide the setting. Characters convey the cultures of Britons, Saxons, and Jutes. Plot focuses on the interplay between these groups and " Read more of this review » |
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The Saxon Spears (Song of Ash #1; The Song of Britain #1):
"Very well written eye opener to the world of post-Roman Brittannia in the 5th century. The tale follows the fortunes of an orphaned Saxon boy brought up in a Romano-Briton household as a slave initially. I found the book to be well paced with excelle"
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“But I will also tell them that, in the end, it doesn’t matter which god you believe, as long as you’re a decent man.” He laid a hand on my shoulder. “What good is faith, if it’s not reinforced by good deeds? And if good deeds are performed in the wrong name, does that invalidate them?”
― The Saxon Knives
― The Saxon Knives
“But Wortigern’s not listening. I can almost see the ropes and pulleys turn in his head. He is thinking of a plan – a complex plan.”
― The Saxon Knives
― The Saxon Knives
“lavish ingredients brought from far-off lands — or at least as far as the southern merchants can still reach from their wharves. Come the morning of the day of the feast, the courtyard and the poplar-lined avenue leading to it are adorned”
― The Saxon Spears
― The Saxon Spears
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