Strongbow's Wife

A Union Bathed in Blood

De: Frank Parker

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

If your father promised you in marriage to a foreigner in return for restoring his kingdom could you do it?“Like having history come alive . . . one of those hidden gems just needing to be read!” Dianne at Tome Tender book blog.The story of Strongbow, and those who joined him in the occupation of Ireland in the twelfth century is well documented. We know, too, that Aoife accompanied her father on his year long search for assistance and that, when Strongbow eventually arrived, the marriage took place days after a massacre in Waterford.This account of those events is presented through her eyes. First as a teenager trying to understand the politics behind her father's downfall. Then as a young wife caught up in the rivalry between her husband and the other leaders of the invading army. Finally, as a widowed mother worried about her children and the future of her native land.Buy Strongbow's Wife and share her journey through a turbulent period in Irish history."Joins the likes of Ian McEwan and D.H. Lawrence, in telling a great story from a female viewpoint." Janet Cameron, Author of The Minx, about a lady in waiting in Edward II's court.