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Oath of Blood
(1970)(The first book in the Wolfshead series)
A novel by Arthur Frazier (Kenneth Bulmer and Laurence James)
WOLFSHEAD Tales of the Norman Conquest and Saxon Rebels
1: OATH OF BLOOD
2: THE KING'S DEATH
3: A LIGHT IN THE WEST
4: VIKING SLAUGHTER
5: A FLAME IN THE FENS
6 AN AXE IN MIKLAGARD
Arthur Frazier was one of the many pen names of the British author Kenneth Bulmer (1921-2005) one of the most prolific authors of the second half of the 20th Century, the total number of his novels and short stories being uncertain but certainly running into several hundred, with subject matter ranging through science-fiction, fantasy, western, and many eras of history.
The Wolfshead series, six short novels published by Sphere Books Ltd for the pulp paperback market in 1973-1975 was typical of Bulmer's style of `action novels for men' a popular genre at that time and were a companion to the four volume `THE VIKINGS' series published concurrently under the pseudonym Neil Langholm.
The novels chronicle the adventures of a young Saxon noble, Edric of Furnaceden, who by accident makes an enemy of his brother-in-law best friend, and lead the reader from the uneasy peace before the Norman invasion of England, via the Battle of Stamford Bridge, and the Battle of Hastings, to the hero being outlawed and subsequently becoming involved with Welsh freedom fighters, the Saxon resistance in the Fens and exile to the distant Miklagard.
If you disregard the more obvious historical inaccuracies, the storylines are quite good and the writer's style is easy to read.....the sort of light reading that suits a warm summer afternoon in a deck chair. They are certainly good fun and worth reading.
As with many of Bulmer's other writings these stories have almost certainly been the inspiration for the framework of several later, more substantial writings by other authors.
Genre: Historical
1: OATH OF BLOOD
2: THE KING'S DEATH
3: A LIGHT IN THE WEST
4: VIKING SLAUGHTER
5: A FLAME IN THE FENS
6 AN AXE IN MIKLAGARD
Arthur Frazier was one of the many pen names of the British author Kenneth Bulmer (1921-2005) one of the most prolific authors of the second half of the 20th Century, the total number of his novels and short stories being uncertain but certainly running into several hundred, with subject matter ranging through science-fiction, fantasy, western, and many eras of history.
The Wolfshead series, six short novels published by Sphere Books Ltd for the pulp paperback market in 1973-1975 was typical of Bulmer's style of `action novels for men' a popular genre at that time and were a companion to the four volume `THE VIKINGS' series published concurrently under the pseudonym Neil Langholm.
The novels chronicle the adventures of a young Saxon noble, Edric of Furnaceden, who by accident makes an enemy of his brother-in-law best friend, and lead the reader from the uneasy peace before the Norman invasion of England, via the Battle of Stamford Bridge, and the Battle of Hastings, to the hero being outlawed and subsequently becoming involved with Welsh freedom fighters, the Saxon resistance in the Fens and exile to the distant Miklagard.
If you disregard the more obvious historical inaccuracies, the storylines are quite good and the writer's style is easy to read.....the sort of light reading that suits a warm summer afternoon in a deck chair. They are certainly good fun and worth reading.
As with many of Bulmer's other writings these stories have almost certainly been the inspiration for the framework of several later, more substantial writings by other authors.
Genre: Historical
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