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The Shieldmaiden's Honour
(2022)Song of Madron: Book 2
(The ninth book in the Song of Britain series)
A novel by James Calbraith
All is not well in Britannia Prima.
Though Princess Madron had helped her husband Honorius defeat the four-year-long revolt, and was blessed with a second child - a son - dark clouds are still gathering over the Dux's throne. The rebellious nobles remain unplacated, the borders are still aflame, and a new menace of the Gewisse Saxons threatens the lines of trade and communication with the rest of Britannia.
Worse still, the old DuxAmbrosius is dying. Before he leaves this mortal world, he wants to ensure his legacy, and secure the inheritance of his son, Honorius - and the newly-born grandson - against the rebels and barbarians.To this end, he agrees to an alliance with the Bishop of Lindocoln on the eastern coast - a coast ravaged by a mysterious, newly arrived pirate fleet.
Madron joins her husband and his warriors on a expedition to aid the Bishop - but as she ventures into the inhospitable marshes around Lindocoln, she's about to discover a conspiracy of vast proportions, stretching far beyond the Narrow Sea, all the way to the Imperial Gaul and Frankia.
Return to the Britannia of the Arthurian Age, and travel to Frankia of the Merovingians, in this new adventure in the best-selling The Song of Britain saga - second book of the The Song of Madron.
Genre: Historical
Though Princess Madron had helped her husband Honorius defeat the four-year-long revolt, and was blessed with a second child - a son - dark clouds are still gathering over the Dux's throne. The rebellious nobles remain unplacated, the borders are still aflame, and a new menace of the Gewisse Saxons threatens the lines of trade and communication with the rest of Britannia.
Worse still, the old DuxAmbrosius is dying. Before he leaves this mortal world, he wants to ensure his legacy, and secure the inheritance of his son, Honorius - and the newly-born grandson - against the rebels and barbarians.To this end, he agrees to an alliance with the Bishop of Lindocoln on the eastern coast - a coast ravaged by a mysterious, newly arrived pirate fleet.
Madron joins her husband and his warriors on a expedition to aid the Bishop - but as she ventures into the inhospitable marshes around Lindocoln, she's about to discover a conspiracy of vast proportions, stretching far beyond the Narrow Sea, all the way to the Imperial Gaul and Frankia.
Return to the Britannia of the Arthurian Age, and travel to Frankia of the Merovingians, in this new adventure in the best-selling The Song of Britain saga - second book of the The Song of Madron.
Genre: Historical
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