ISBN: 9781739501815 (eBook)
ISBN: 9781739501808 (Paperback)
★★★★★
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Step back in time to North Britain in the 9th century. The indigenous Pictish people have been conquered and enslaved by the Viking king, Thorstein the Red.
Thorstein’s formidable mother, the dowager Queen Aud, senses that the slaves are preparing to rebel. She urges him to make peace before it is too late.
Then Aud's free-spirited granddaughter Gerd refuses to enter a forced marriage. In revenge, the rejected suitor treacherously murders the king, plunging the realm into civil war. The remaining royal family flees into the wilderness. But escape seems impossible – for the enemy has burned all the Viking ships.
Can any of them survive the hardship?
What will become of
Queen Aud’s buried treasure?
How long can Gerd
evade the monstrous brute
she refused to marry?
Is there any man from either side
who they dare to trust?
Under Queen Aud’s bold leadership, they repeatedly manage to outwit the enemy. But a final attack by evil sorcerers puts her cunning to its greatest test. Is she really a woman who can never be beaten?
This is a dramatic page-turner,
full of unexpected twists and turns,
family drama and romance.
Authentically based
on the historical character
Aud the Deep-Minded,
it vividly depicts the Viking Age
in a way you’ve never seen it before:
through the eyes
of its strong, free-thinking women.
Witness sumptuous feasts.
Shudder at the spells of evil sorcerers
Applaud the unearthing
of spectacular buried treasure
Visit royal palaces,
a remote monastery high in the mountains
and a secret forest hideout.
Meet mighty kings,
rebellious slaves,
wandering musicians,
a mysterious prophetess
– and the awe-inspiring, real-life queen,
Aud the Deep Minded.
Experience the terror
of travelling alone through windswept wilderness,
and sailing a Viking ship
through a violent supernatural storm.
Rosalind Kerven is the author
of over 70 books published in 22 countries.
Her bestselling Viking Myths & Sagas is
featured on the
BBC History Extra website
and was praised in
The Bookseller
for 'bringing Viking people,
culture and beliefs
vividly to life.'
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Read about Rosalind Kerven's other books here
Cover design by Ken Dawson, Creative Covers
Photos by Rosalind Kerven
taken on various Viking research trips in Iceland, Norway and Sweden
