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The Ninth Century #0.5
Coelwulf's Company
Coelwulf's Company, Tales From Before The Last King is a collection of five short stories featuring characters from The Ninth Century series.
Come and meet Icel, Edmund, Coelwulf, Pybba and Rudolf in the years before the events of The Last King.
Also including, A Meeting of Equals, the short story that laid the foundation for The Ninth Century series of books.
Each short story is 3000 words long.
Come and meet Icel, Edmund, Coelwulf, Pybba and Rudolf in the years before the events of The Last King.
Also including, A Meeting of Equals, the short story that laid the foundation for The Ninth Century series of books.
Each short story is 3000 words long.
71 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 20, 2021
About the author
M.J. Porter
120 books266 followersI'm an author of historical fiction (Early English/Saxon, Vikings and the British Isles as a whole before the Norman Conquest, as well as five 20th-century historical mysteries) and historical fantasy.
I was born in the old Mercian kingdom at some point since 1066. Raised in the shadow of a strange little building, told from a very young age that it housed the bones of long-dead kings of Mercia and that our garden was littered with old pieces of pottery from a long-ago battle, it's little wonder that my curiosity in Early England ran riot. I can only blame my parents!
I like to write. You've been warned!
Not sure where to start your journey through Saxon/Early England? The Dark Ages trilogy will take readers back to the very beginnings of Saxon England before the creation of Mercia and the other kingdoms. The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles featuring our reluctant hero, Icel, will introduce you to the best Saxon kingdom of all, Mercia! Storm of Mercia is the latest release.
Looking for my historical fantasy/romantasy? Dragonbound, the first book in the Ice and Fire series, will be avalable from August 2026.
Looking for my 20th-century mysteries? The Erdington Mysteries, and Cragside, a standalone 1930s murder mystery, are the titles for you.
My first non-fiction book, The Royal Women Who Made England, is now published by Pen and Sword in hardback and ebook.
Happy reading:)
Find me at
www.mjporterauthor.com or at www.mjporterauthor.blog where I blog about books and films and sometimes, writing! I also have an online store for signed paperbacks and a few others goodies at mjporterauthor.co.uk.
https://linktr.ee/MJPorterauthor
https://mjporterauthor.sumupstore.com
You can join my monthly subscriber newsletters and gain access to the restricted page on my blog at the same time.
https://BookHip.com/MGWHLDC (Saxon stories)
https://BookHip.com/THPKCKP (mysteries only)
(I have odd reading tastes - there's no need to notice though!!) I'm also exceedingly anti-social - that you may notice but must accept!
I was born in the old Mercian kingdom at some point since 1066. Raised in the shadow of a strange little building, told from a very young age that it housed the bones of long-dead kings of Mercia and that our garden was littered with old pieces of pottery from a long-ago battle, it's little wonder that my curiosity in Early England ran riot. I can only blame my parents!
I like to write. You've been warned!
Not sure where to start your journey through Saxon/Early England? The Dark Ages trilogy will take readers back to the very beginnings of Saxon England before the creation of Mercia and the other kingdoms. The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles featuring our reluctant hero, Icel, will introduce you to the best Saxon kingdom of all, Mercia! Storm of Mercia is the latest release.
Looking for my historical fantasy/romantasy? Dragonbound, the first book in the Ice and Fire series, will be avalable from August 2026.
Looking for my 20th-century mysteries? The Erdington Mysteries, and Cragside, a standalone 1930s murder mystery, are the titles for you.
My first non-fiction book, The Royal Women Who Made England, is now published by Pen and Sword in hardback and ebook.
Happy reading:)
Find me at
www.mjporterauthor.com or at www.mjporterauthor.blog where I blog about books and films and sometimes, writing! I also have an online store for signed paperbacks and a few others goodies at mjporterauthor.co.uk.
https://linktr.ee/MJPorterauthor
https://mjporterauthor.sumupstore.com
You can join my monthly subscriber newsletters and gain access to the restricted page on my blog at the same time.
https://BookHip.com/MGWHLDC (Saxon stories)
https://BookHip.com/THPKCKP (mysteries only)
(I have odd reading tastes - there's no need to notice though!!) I'm also exceedingly anti-social - that you may notice but must accept!
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January 15, 2022
Lovely little read , really nice look at a few of the characters of The Last King books . Nice to learn about the early life of such as Icel, Edmund, Pybba &my old time favourite Rudolf.
November 18, 2024
I so enjoyed this little insight into some of our main characters. We have curmudgeonly Icel, hot headed Edmund, wise Pybba, very young and exuberant Rudolf, and of course the unwilling heir-who-doesn’t-want-it Coelwulf.
So much fun to read!
So much fun to read!
May 16, 2022
On learning this book is a short story collection from the view points of some of my favourite members of Coelwulf's warband I was pretty excited!
Each story is around 3000 words but they all still manage to grab your attention. The stories are based prior to the first book in the First Viking Age Series, The Last King and give insight into some of Coelwulf's closest companions. Rudolf, Pybba, Icel and Edmund all have their own story and I really their side of the story, especially Rudolf, he can't help but make me smile, his interactions with Haden (Coelwulf's horse) being highly amusing!
This was a delightful read, I've come to like short story collections over the last year as I find them very easy to pick up when time is limited and this is perfect for that.
Each story is around 3000 words but they all still manage to grab your attention. The stories are based prior to the first book in the First Viking Age Series, The Last King and give insight into some of Coelwulf's closest companions. Rudolf, Pybba, Icel and Edmund all have their own story and I really their side of the story, especially Rudolf, he can't help but make me smile, his interactions with Haden (Coelwulf's horse) being highly amusing!
This was a delightful read, I've come to like short story collections over the last year as I find them very easy to pick up when time is limited and this is perfect for that.
December 29, 2021
Very good indeed
Really enjoyed the book it gave insights to what went before that have only been hinted at during the other books .
Looking forward to more of Coelwulf and his band .
Thank you mj porter .
Really enjoyed the book it gave insights to what went before that have only been hinted at during the other books .
Looking forward to more of Coelwulf and his band .
Thank you mj porter .
January 21, 2022
A good insight in to the books
The books from the series it's how the story was designed to take place .look forward to next book in the series
The books from the series it's how the story was designed to take place .look forward to next book in the series
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