Elditha Swanneck, King Harold's handfasted wife, loses everything as she flees from an arranged marriage after the Battle of Hastings to fight for her children's survival.
The story of the Norman Conquest from the perspective of Edith Swanneck, Harold II's common-law wife. Continues the emphasis on passionate and determined heroines in McGrath's books.
Moving, and vastly informative, a real page turner of a historical novel