Kings of the North

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Having fled from Constantinople, Raef Corbanson and his companions–Lief the Icelander, and Laissa, the young girl who they rescued from Constantinople–are cast up on shore in Normandy. Their goal is to return to Raef’s home in the Viking town of Jorvik in England.

Raef is back in his home territory, and his old friend and shipmate Sweyn Forkbeard is now King of Denmark–and soon to overthrow King Ethelred II of England. Raef’s connections throw him into the middle of the struggle between Sweyn, Ethelred, and Ethelred’s son Edward. Raef becomes foster father of Sweyn’s son Knut…who will become known as King Canute when he in turn takes the throne of England.

Reviews

“[Holland has] the hard, sharp lines of a master storyteller. She seems remarkably skillful at portraying the masculine mind.” —Houston Chronicle

“We have come to expect rich, vivid historical novels from prolific Cecelia Holland, and this one, set in ninth century Constantinople, more than fulfills that expectation.

We observe the legendary Byzantine duplicity through the eyes of our honorable barbarian hero as he tries to unravel the intrigue. Swiftly moving, plausible, and with just the right amount of historical details to make scenes come clear, the novel is an engrossing tale.” —Publishers Weekly on The Belt of Gold

About the Author

Cecelia Holland is widely acknowledged as one of the finest historical novelists of our time. She is the author of more than thirty novels, including The Angel and the Sword and The Kings in Winter. Holland lives in Humboldt County, in northern California, where she teaches creative writing, and is currently at work on a new historical novel.

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