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Although Ralph Jackman's primary interest is Ancient Rome, he finds other periods of history equally fascinating. Here Ralph is pleased to share the work of fellow historical fiction writers he has had the privilige of meeting...
Val Morgan
Since 1996 Val Morgan has been teaching and lecturing at Essex University and has published various articles for academic journals. She lives in Colchester which lays claim to the largest keep ever built in Britain and other interesting buildings and monuments of the Anglo-Norman period. The surrounding area, too, is rich in impressive Norman sites which led to a fascination with this period of history. She has published Aefled and Eleanor
“Thoroughly researched and powerfully written…”
Fifteen years after devastating regime change, England is in the grip of Norman rule. Alien laws, customs and languages are transforming people's lives from the highest to the lowest levels of society. Only the poetry, tales, stories and songs from the old times remain in the collective memory as vestiges of a former life.
In this world, Aefled, a young woman of intelligence and education, sensitive to the poetic tradition of her people, dares to harbour the unthinkable ambition of writing an epic poem about the
Conquest. But when she is forced from her home by a Norman lord and finds herself caught up in the turbulence of conflicting loyalties and passions, the nature of her ambition takes a surprising
turn...
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