{"product_id":"9781569763407","title":"The Mistletoe and Sword: A Story of Roman Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnya Seton, author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eKatherine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Winthrop Woman\u003c\/i\u003e, was at her peak when she penned those two novels in the mid-1950s. But during that same period, she also wrote a little-known shorter novel entitled \u003ci\u003eThe Mistletoe and Sword\u003c\/i\u003e. Here she turned her peerless talents as a storyteller and researcher to the adventure and romance of Roman Britain circa A.D. 60.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e            Quintus Tullius, the young standard bearer with the Ninth Roman Legion, has come to Britain as part of the empire’s efforts to pacify the rebellious tribes there. But he is haunted by his quest for the bones of his grandfather, who died seventeen years before in “the place of the golden tree and the stony circle.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e            As the druids who haunt Stonehenge lead him through the mythic land, he falls in love with the beautiful and mysterious Regan. But this girl is the foster daughter of Boadicea, the warrior queen of the Icenians and instigator of the historic, bloody rebellion of the British tribes against Rome.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e            With its suspenseful battle scenes and its mysticism and romance, \u003ci\u003eThe Mistletoe and Sword\u003c\/i\u003e is an absorbing tale that makes this obscure era of history excitingly contemporary.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chicago Review Press, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055516238064,"sku":"9781569763407","price":10.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781569763407_p0.jpg?v=1763793410","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781569763407","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}