Swordland : The Invader Series Paperback / softback
by Edward Ruadh Butler
Part of the The Invader Series series
Paperback / softback
Description
A tale of war, death, lust, and scheming, set in the starkly beautiful landscapes of medieval Ireland and Wales. Robert FitzStephen is a warrior down on his luck. Arrogant, cold, but a brilliant soldier, FitzStephen commands a castle - yet although his mother was a princess his father was a lowly steward.
When a Welsh rebellion brings defeat and a crippling siege, his highborn comrades scorn him, betraying him to the enemy.
A hostage of his cousin, Prince Rhys, FitzStephen is disgraced, seemingly doomed to a life of obscurity and shame. Then King Diarmait arrives . . . Diarmait is the ambitious overlord of an Irish kingdom.
Forced to flee by the High King of Ireland, he seeks to reclaim his lands by any means possible - and that includes inviting the Normans in. With nothing left to lose - and perhaps a great deal to gain - FitzStephen agrees to lead the Irishman's armies, and to drive Diarmait's enemies from his kingdom.
His price? Acceptance, perhaps . . . or perhaps a kingdom of his own?Butler's debut novel, Swordland is a powerful, impeccably researched story of medieval Celtic life, of the loves, losses, and hatreds of some of the most important figures in Irish and British history.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:478 pages
- Publisher:Headline Publishing Group
- Publication Date:07/04/2016
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- ISBN:9781786150479
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:478 pages
- Publisher:Headline Publishing Group
- Publication Date:07/04/2016
- Category:
- ISBN:9781786150479
