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Wolf Brethren #10
Saxon Sword
The Wolf Brethren had been wars, disease and old age have take most of them. When a band of Saxon mercenaries are hired by King Oswald and slay Lann Aelle and all of his people it becomes a blood feud between the Warlord and Lang Seax. The novel follows the ebb and flow of victory and defeat as the Northumbrians fight for supremacy of Britannia with King Penda of Mercia. The Warlord plays his part but with Myrddyn now dead Rheged looks doomed. Hope comes from a most surprising source and when his nephew, Arturus takes a bride then the fortunes of the last of the Romans take a turn for the better. A fast moving novel set in the seventh century of ancient Britain.
238 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 29, 2018
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Griff Hosker
306 books427 followersI was born in 1950 in Lancashire and attended a boy’s grammar school. After qualifying as an English and Drama teacher in 1972, I worked in the North East of England for the next 35 years. During that time I did write, mainly plays, pantos and musicals for the students at the three schools in which I worked.
When I stopped teaching I set up my own consultancy firm and worked as an adviser in schools and colleges in the North East of England. The new Conservative Government ended that avenue of work and in 2010 I found that I had time on my hands; having started work at the age of 15 I found the lack of work not to my liking and used the time to research the Roman invasion of Britain and begin to create a novel. The result was The Sword of Cartimandua.
My decision to begin writing was one of the best I have ever taken.
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When I stopped teaching I set up my own consultancy firm and worked as an adviser in schools and colleges in the North East of England. The new Conservative Government ended that avenue of work and in 2010 I found that I had time on my hands; having started work at the age of 15 I found the lack of work not to my liking and used the time to research the Roman invasion of Britain and begin to create a novel. The result was The Sword of Cartimandua.
My decision to begin writing was one of the best I have ever taken.
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June 12, 2018
This is book 10, and the final in a giant series. What an author, what characters, what a landscape, what a story.
I have read historical fiction from the perspective of the Bernicians, the Saxons, the Mercians and from the Welsh. This is the first story I have read from the perspective of the lost Kingdom of Rheged.
The story of the Wolf Bretheren is brilliant. The entire series is filled with excitement, mystery, thrill, battles, chases all woven in a seamless engaging narrative.
In this volume the action races up and down the country, the characters giving everything they have to provide for the people of the future. Their activities will echo in eternity.
Great reading.
I have read historical fiction from the perspective of the Bernicians, the Saxons, the Mercians and from the Welsh. This is the first story I have read from the perspective of the lost Kingdom of Rheged.
The story of the Wolf Bretheren is brilliant. The entire series is filled with excitement, mystery, thrill, battles, chases all woven in a seamless engaging narrative.
In this volume the action races up and down the country, the characters giving everything they have to provide for the people of the future. Their activities will echo in eternity.
Great reading.
February 14, 2025
fabulous
Great series as always. Full of great characters, lots of action and great knowledge of history mixed with mysticism. Thank you
Great series as always. Full of great characters, lots of action and great knowledge of history mixed with mysticism. Thank you
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