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The Briton and the Dane: Legacy
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Mary Ann gives an overview of the book:

It was a time before England’s Golden Age; before Chaucer’s poetic tales; before the revered Lionheart took the Crusader Cross; before the legend of Robin Hood.  It was after the invading Germanic tribes settled the land and petty chieftains vied for supreme sovereignty that a great King sought to unify the British nation.  Travel back in time to Dark Age Britannia and the turbulent reign of Alfred the Great who successfully prevented the Great Heathen Army from conquering his beloved Kingdom of Wessex.  Journey throughout a war-ravaged country where Lord Richard and his offspring swear allegiance to a visionary King; where a cultural renaissance not seen since the rule of Charlemagne defies the savagery of Barbarian raids; where a decisive sea battle establishes naval supremacy.  
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It was a time before England’s Golden Age; before Chaucer’s poetic tales; before the revered Lionheart took the Crusader Cross; before the legend of Robin Hood.  It was after the invading Germanic tribes settled the land and petty chieftains vied for supreme sovereignty that a great King sought to unify the British nation. 

Travel back in time to Dark Age Britannia and the turbulent reign of Alfred the Great who successfully prevented the Great Heathen Army from conquering his beloved Kingdom of Wessex. 

Journey throughout a war-ravaged country where Lord Richard and his offspring swear allegiance to a visionary King; where a cultural renaissance not seen since the rule of Charlemagne defies the savagery of Barbarian raids; where a decisive sea battle establishes naval supremacy.

 

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The religious community watched in horror as Brother Martel was taken to the healer’s dwelling; holy men and women stood vigil outside the sickrooms as they awaited the fate of the warrior monk.

“Is he mortally wounded?” One of the women asked Brother Gervase as he ran into the room.

“His life is in the Lord’s hands,” Brother Gervase told her as he ushered the curious from his quarters and firmly shut the door.

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I fell in love with medieval England after reading Sir Walter Scott’s “Ivanhoe” in my sophomore year of high school, and an incurable romantic anglophile was born.  Enjoy the adventure.

About Mary Ann

Mary Ann Bernal, author of The Briton and the Dane novels, is an avid history buff whose area of interest focuses on Ninth Century Anglo-Saxon Britain during the Viking Age. While pursuing a degree in business administration, she managed to fit creative writing classes and...

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