The Warrior's Princess
β Scribed by Barbara Erskine
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers;HarperCollins e-books
- Year
- 2014;2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 519 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
The powerful new timeslip novel from the worldwide bestselling author of Lady in Hay, in which the fate of a young woman becomes entwined with the extraordinary history of a Celtic princess. Jess, a young teacher in London, is attacked by someone she fears knows her well. Fleeing to her sisterΓ’??s house in the Welsh borders to recuperate, she is disturbed by the cries of a mysterious child. Two thousand years before, the same valley is the site of a great battle between Caractacus, king of the mighty Catuvellauni tribe, and the invading Romans. The proud king is captured and taken as a prisoner to Rome with his wife and daughter, the princess Eigon. Jess is inexorably drawn to investigate EigonΓ’??s story, and as the Welsh cottage is no longer a peaceful sanctuary she determines to visit Rome. There lie the connections that will reveal EigonΓ’??s astonishing life - and which threaten to reawaken JessΓ’??s own tormentor. Barbara ErskineΓ’??s ability to weave together the past and the...
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