Godwine Kingmaker
Godwine Kingmaker

Author: Mercedes Rochelle

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2015-04-24

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1782798005

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Harold Godwineson, the Last Anglo-Saxon King, owed everything to his father. Who was this Godwine, first Earl of Wessex and known as the Kingmaker? Was he an unscrupulous schemer, using King and Witan to gain power? Or was he the greatest of all Saxon Earls, protector of the English against the hated Normans? The answer depends on who you ask. He was befriended by the Danes, raised up by Canute the Great, given an Earldom and a wife from the highest Danish ranks. He sired nine children, among them four Earls, a Queen and a future King. Along with his power came a struggle to keep his enemies at bay, and Godwine's best efforts were brought down by the misdeeds of his eldest son Swegn. Although he became father-in-law to a reluctant Edward the Confessor, his fortunes dwindled as the Normans gained prominence at court. Driven into exile, Godwine regathered his forces and came back even stronger, only to discover that his second son Harold was destined to surpass him in renown and glory.

The House of Godwine
The House of Godwine

Author: Emma Mason

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2004-03-04

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9781852853891

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Harold Godwineson was king of England from January 1066 until his death at Hastings in October of that year. For much of the reign of Edward the Confessor, who was married to Harold’s sister Eadgyth, the Godwine family, led by Earl Godwine, had dominated English politics. In The Rise and Fall of the House of Godwine, Emma Mason tells the turbulent story of a remarkable family which, until Harold’s unexpected defeat, looked far more likely than the dukes of Normandy to provide the long-term rulers of England. But for the Norman Conquest, an Anglo-Saxon England ruled by the Godwine dynasty would have developed very differently from that dominated by the Normans.

Tamarisk
Tamarisk

Author: Angela Locke

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2024-05-31

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 1803414871

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A story of love and tragedy set against the background of impossible odds, the French Resistance and the wartime landscape of France.

Tender Things Shall Die
Tender Things Shall Die

Author: Stephen Edward Reid

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2023-08-25

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1803412704

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On the outskirts of a small religious village near London in 1865, Arman Shaw lives alone. He hasn't seen another soul in 441 days. Not since the death of his wife. He longs to return to the congregation, but every day spent in isolation makes it harder to go back. Then Violet Walker turns up on his doorstep to tell him that her husband, an old friend of Arman's, has been murdered. The local congregation wants to execute the man responsible, but Violet wants the murderer to have a trial, and she wants Arman to defend him...

The Village
The Village

Author: Philip Duke

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2019-03-29

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1785359118

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A Cretan village confronts the Nazi juggernaut sweeping across Europe. A village matriarch tries to hold her family together...Her grieving son finds a new life in the Cretan Resistance…A naive English soldier unwillingly finds the warrior in himself…And a fanatical German paratrooper is forced to question everything he thought he believed in. The lives of four ordinary people are irrevocably entwined and their destinies changed forever as each of them confronts the horrors of war and its echoes down the decades.

David and the Philistine Woman
David and the Philistine Woman

Author: Paul Boorstin

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2017-07-28

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1785355384

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Nara is a young Philistine woman who has given up hope of ever finding a husband. No man will take a wife who towers head and shoulders above him. She lives in isolation with her father, until she is discovered by the Philistine priests. They betroth her to Goliath, to give him warrior sons. What happens when Nara’s fate collides with that of David, who is destined to face Goliath in combat, will forever transform how you experience this pivotal moment in the Bible... Boorstin reimagines David’s dangerous path from shepherd to charismatic leader, interweaving his life not only with Nara’s, but with key Biblical characters including King Saul, and Saul’s daughter Michal, who will later become David’s wife. While faithful to the spirit of the Bible, Boorstin reads between the lines of the ancient narrative to bring immediacy, relevance and even greater meaning to the life of the young Israelite who would become the most beloved character in the Old Testament. David and the Philistine Woman combines exciting storytelling and rich characters to fashion an unforgettable epic.

The Senator's Darkest Days
The Senator's Darkest Days

Author: Joan E. Histon

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2020-03-27

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1789042232

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40AD and despite the threat of bloodshed, Senator Vivius Marcianus travels to Jerusalem to investigate the delay in erecting the Emperor's statue in the temple. Failure is not an option. When Vivius is wounded and imprisoned, it is left to Dorio to rescue his heavily pregnant sister and her children and set about proving Vivius's innocence. The thrilling sequel to The Senator's Assignment

A Farmhouse in the Rain
A Farmhouse in the Rain

Author: Joe Kilgore

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2016-08-26

Total Pages: 390

ISBN-13: 1785354353

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A Farmhouse in the Rain is a novel of war and peace, crime and punishment, love and loss, and eventually hope. It's a saga of three American soldiers and the women they love - before, during, and after World War II. During the war, the three are given shelter by a French woman. The next morning she is found dead and the trio realize they were the only ones in the house. While the three survive the war, the questions remain: Who will survive the peace? Who will unite with the love they left behind? And who will be unmasked as the murderer on that fateful night at A Farmhouse in the Rain.

The Great Matter Monologues
The Great Matter Monologues

Author: Thomas Crockett

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2020-02-28

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 178904250X

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England, 1527, King Henry seeks a divorce from his first wife, Katherine, who can't give him the male heir he desires. He sets his eyes on the younger, more daring Anne Boleyn, triggering a complex, triangular exchange of personal narratives from the protagonists, who remain entwined for the ensuing nine years. Each struggle in their pursuits of power, control and survival, ending in 1536 with Katherine's death and Anne's final miscarriage, sealing her fate and giving King Henry cause to seek yet another wife...

Her Morning Shadow
Her Morning Shadow

Author: Ron Semple

Publisher: John Hunt Publishing

Published: 2018-11-30

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 1846949904

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War and chaos are no match for an American immigrant bent on keeping a promise... Sequel to the award-winning Black Tom: Terror on the Hudson, Her Morning Shadow tells of a young Jewish Ukrainian immigrant, caught up in the aftershock of World War One. Private 'Abie' Ashansky is trying to build a new life in his adopted home in Jersey City, while searching for his missing fiancée. Spanning continents and relationships, this extraordinary account of one man's journey reveals a community where family is defined not only by blood but by the values and roots on which it is built. 'Buckle down for a wild saga in history that starts in the Great War and charges through the three-way battle for the Crimea and the Ukraine to reach its beacon, the torch of Liberty. A superb alloy of genuine history and vivid imagination.' Leslie Wilbur, Emeritus Professor, University of Southern California.