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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
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M.J. Porter
111 books259 followersI'm an author of historical fiction (Early English (before 1066)/Viking) and now five 20th-century mysteries..
The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles (featuring a young Icel from The Last King series) is now available from Boldwood Books. As is the complete Brunanburh Series and the first two books in the Dark Age Chronicles, my foray to before Saxon England was Saxon England. Enjoy.
The Ninth Century Series (The Last King), are stories of ninth-century England, but not as it's been written before, (featuring an older Icel and some other familiar faces too).
The Erdington Mysteries now has a third book in the series—The Secret Sauce. (Did you know Erdington would have been in Mercia back in the Saxon period? I know, you can't get me away from the place.) The Barrage Body is coming soon.
The Royal Women Who Made England, my first non-fiction book about the royal women of the tenth century, is available now.
I like to write. You've been warned.
Find me at
www.mjporterauthor.com or at www.mjporterauthor.blog where I blog about books and films and sometimes, writing!
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!
The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles (featuring a young Icel from The Last King series) is now available from Boldwood Books. As is the complete Brunanburh Series and the first two books in the Dark Age Chronicles, my foray to before Saxon England was Saxon England. Enjoy.
The Ninth Century Series (The Last King), are stories of ninth-century England, but not as it's been written before, (featuring an older Icel and some other familiar faces too).
The Erdington Mysteries now has a third book in the series—The Secret Sauce. (Did you know Erdington would have been in Mercia back in the Saxon period? I know, you can't get me away from the place.) The Barrage Body is coming soon.
The Royal Women Who Made England, my first non-fiction book about the royal women of the tenth century, is available now.
I like to write. You've been warned.
Find me at
www.mjporterauthor.com or at www.mjporterauthor.blog where I blog about books and films and sometimes, writing!
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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