The Flight of the Sparrow

by Fay Sampson

The story of the Edwin, who rose from a hunted exile to become the great king of Anglo-Saxon Northumbria, and his bitter feud with his Celtic foster-brother Cadwallon of Gwynedd. Edwin is torn between his loyalty to the old Saxon gods, the Roman Church of his young queen, and the Celtic Christianity he knew in Wales. As the storm-clouds gather, his niece Hild, who became Abbess of Whitby, is growing up at his court.

Genres: Historical Fiction

256 pages, Hardcover

First published March 26, 1999

About the author

Fay Sampson graduated in Mathematics, and trained as a teacher. Combining teaching with writing, Fay's children's books were frequently featured in 'Children's Books of the Year'. When she became a full-time writer, she turned to writing novels for adults, based on history and legend. She now lives with her husband in a Tudor cottage in mid-Devon.