Featured Medieval Historical Fiction Novel
Blood and Honour - The Battle for Saxony
By John Lincoln
Kindle Edition
Description:
Europe, in the year of the Lord 772
Like a bloody storm, Charlemagne’s armies ravage early medieval Europe, leaving devastation and misery in their wake. They have subdued the kingdom of the Langobards, defeated the duchy of Bavaria; they threaten the Moors in the west and, in the south, the pope in Rome.
Yet Charlemagne has even more ambitious plans: he covets the Saxon territories in the north. The Saxons put up an unexpectedly fierce resistance. When Charlemagne’s troops destroy the Irminsul shrine, the Saxon holy of holies, there ensues a struggle to the death. Led by the legendary Duke Widukind, for decades the Saxons fight savagely for their beliefs and their independence. And they will have their revenge…
The Duke and the Kings will transport the reader right into this legend-shrouded part of the Early Middle Ages. With his story, John Lincoln has woven a rich, dark tapestry of one of the pivotal periods in medieval European history. His historically accurate descriptions rich in authentic detail bring this remote, mysterious world to life again before your very eyes.
So stoke the fire, draw your armchair closer and dive into this wonderful historical novel full of the love, the intrigue, the warriors and the battles of a bygone Europe…
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Filed under: Anglo-Saxons, Middle Ages History, Medieval History, Historical Fiction on February 7th, 2013
You have given me another tbr for the historical fiction challenge! I was not aware though that 772 was part of the middle ages.
Hi Violette,
It is. General historian consensus is the Middle Ages period begin roughly around the time of the fall of Rome, circa AD 500, and ended circa 1500, around the beginning of the colonization period (Columbus, etc.). There are no hard and fast dates to this, but AD 772 certainly falls in the Middle Ages.