{"product_id":"2940044328990","title":"The Hoodsman: Killing Kings","description":"\u003cp\u003eCover Flap\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn English arrow ended the Viking Era when it killed King Harald of Norway at Stamford in 1066. That one arrow changed the history of all of the North Sea kingdoms, and a month later William the Conqueror began his twenty year reign of terror over England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirty four years after the death of Harald, when the Conqueror's son, King William II, had turned into a worse king than even his father, the same man who loosed the arrow in Stamford decided that it was past time to loose another arrow and kill another king.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first in a series of historical novels about that English bowman, and about the brotherhood of English archers that became the core of the resistance movement against the enslavement of the English by the psycho ruling class of Normandy. The Brotherhood, the Hood, the Hoodsmen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkye Smith is my pen name. My ancestors were miners and shepherds near Castleton in the Peaks District of Derbyshire. I have been told by some readers that this series reminds them of Bernard Cornwell’s historical novels, and have always been delighted by the comparison.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the first of my Hoodsman series of books, and you should it before reading any of the others. All of the books contain two timelines linked by characters and places. The “current” story is set in the era of King Henry I in the 1100’s, while the longer “flashback” story is set in the era of King William I after 1066.\u003cbr\u003eI have self-published twelve \"The Hoodsman ...\" books and they are:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Killing Kings\u003cbr\u003e2. Hunting Kings\u003cbr\u003e3. Frisians of the Fens\u003cbr\u003e4. Saving Princesses\u003cbr\u003e5. Blackstone Edge\u003cbr\u003e6. Ely Wakes\u003cbr\u003e7. Courtesans and Exiles\u003cbr\u003e8. The Revolt of the Earls\u003cbr\u003e9. Forest Law\u003cbr\u003e10. Queens and Widows\u003cbr\u003e11. Popes and Emperors\u003cbr\u003e12. The Second Invasion\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Skye Smith","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081532653808,"sku":"2940044328990","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940044328990_p0.jpg?v=1763959637","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940044328990","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}