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The Edge of Light
The Edge of Light
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There was a reign when England's fate was forever decided, when the Danes swooped in to conquer, and one splendid king stood between savagery and a glorious new dawn. The Edge of Light is the magnificent tale of those faraway times, of that monarch, Alfred the Great, and the woman he could not help but love ....
A woman-child with long dark hair and deep blue eyes stands in the castle's stable gazing at a summer storm sweeping down from Wales. She is Elswyth, Princess of Mercia. Watching her is another whom the storm excites and enchants - the young prince who will become a mate for her vry soul. Alfred, fifth song of King Ethelwulf of Wessex. The emotions set afire this fateful day will become the first strands in a tapestry of desire destined to shape the life of England's greatest king.
From the beginning, these two headstrong, vibrant lovers now to fight to change the world rather than forfeit their passion. Elswyth, barely thirteen, is already promised to a lord of the realm. Alfred, secretly suffering from a painful malady, believes he should never marry. But faced with Elswyth's forced betrothal, Alfred innocently plans to protect her virginity by taking her as his bride in an unconsummated marriage - a plan that may doom them both.
For the young Prince Alfred never dreams he will one day don the crown of Britain. But even as he sets out to win Elswyth, death strikes each of his siblings, leaving him alone to stop the savage Danes who are marching toward Wessex. Terror rushes before these Viking invaders as rumors of their chilling blood sacrifices make the people flee in panic.
With his kingdom in upheaval, Alfred must gather his knights to halt the Danish warriors and determine the course of history. But intrigues swirling about his legendary step-mother, a crafty Viking enemy, and a mysterious Danish hostage will test the strength of this legendary monarch, endanger his beloved Elswyth, and challenge the entire Kingdom - in a grand and glorious tale of days of old.
REVIEWS FOR THE EDGE OF LIGHT ...
"A powerfully wrought historical romance set in ninth-century Britain . . . Alfred, dubbed by history "the Great," succeeds to the kingdom of Wessex aided by his young wife, Elswyth . . . convincing subplots of passionate love and betrayal that embellish the bare bones of history. Publishers Weekly, Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
"Alfred the Great . . . from childhood, through marriage to his beloved Elswyth, battles with the murderous Northmen" Library Journal
A woman-child with long dark hair and deep blue eyes stands in the castle's stable gazing at a summer storm sweeping down from Wales. She is Elswyth, Princess of Mercia. Watching her is another whom the storm excites and enchants - the young prince who will become a mate for her vry soul. Alfred, fifth song of King Ethelwulf of Wessex. The emotions set afire this fateful day will become the first strands in a tapestry of desire destined to shape the life of England's greatest king.
From the beginning, these two headstrong, vibrant lovers now to fight to change the world rather than forfeit their passion. Elswyth, barely thirteen, is already promised to a lord of the realm. Alfred, secretly suffering from a painful malady, believes he should never marry. But faced with Elswyth's forced betrothal, Alfred innocently plans to protect her virginity by taking her as his bride in an unconsummated marriage - a plan that may doom them both.
For the young Prince Alfred never dreams he will one day don the crown of Britain. But even as he sets out to win Elswyth, death strikes each of his siblings, leaving him alone to stop the savage Danes who are marching toward Wessex. Terror rushes before these Viking invaders as rumors of their chilling blood sacrifices make the people flee in panic.
With his kingdom in upheaval, Alfred must gather his knights to halt the Danish warriors and determine the course of history. But intrigues swirling about his legendary step-mother, a crafty Viking enemy, and a mysterious Danish hostage will test the strength of this legendary monarch, endanger his beloved Elswyth, and challenge the entire Kingdom - in a grand and glorious tale of days of old.
REVIEWS FOR THE EDGE OF LIGHT ...
"A powerfully wrought historical romance set in ninth-century Britain . . . Alfred, dubbed by history "the Great," succeeds to the kingdom of Wessex aided by his young wife, Elswyth . . . convincing subplots of passionate love and betrayal that embellish the bare bones of history. Publishers Weekly, Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
"Alfred the Great . . . from childhood, through marriage to his beloved Elswyth, battles with the murderous Northmen" Library Journal
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