Lord of Sunset - Softcover

Godwin, Parke

4.06

85 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380810646 ISBN 13: 9780380810642

Publisher: Avon Books, 1999

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True history and legend combine in a remarkable story of majesty, duty, and an indomitable love that survived the thunder and blood of eleventh-century Britain. Normans and Saxons fight and die for control of the destiny of a future empire, and Harold of Wessex--second son of one of the sundered nation's most powerful noble families--is thrust into the vortex of a battle royal for the English throne. To wear the crown, however, he must forsake his peaceful life with his adored, hand-fasted wife, Lady Edith of Nazeing, the only woman he will ever truly love. But throughout his reluctant ascendance to supreme leadership of an embattled kingdom--and the concurrent rise of old-friend-turned-adversary William of Normandy, soon to be called "the Conqueror"--Harold will not betray his heart or his lady, though war be their legacy and tragedy their fate.From critically acclaimed, award-winning storyteller Parke Godwin comes an enduring tale of a nobility and a love that changed history--a magnificent epic that surely ranks among the great romantic adventures of all time.

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About the Author:

World Fantasy Award-winner Parke Godwin is the author of fifteen previous works of historical and speculative fiction, including FIRELORD, BELOVED EXILE, SHERWOOD and ROBIN AND THE KING. Mr. Godwin currently resides near Sacramento, California.

From Kirkus Reviews:

Enthusiastic prequel to Godwin's Sherwood (1991) and Robin and the King (1993), which drastically revised the Robin Hood story. Focusing on the Norman invasion of England, this one tells of quietly contented Harold and his common-law wife, Edith, whom the Church has forbidden him to marry. The two avoid court politics until Harold has to fight to defend the throne. Following the exile and return to power of his father, Godwine, he inherits two earldoms; after the deaths of his older brother and Edward, King of the English, he becomes king himself in 1066. Edward, who was half Norman and yet fully Norman in character, hadnt understood that his people longed for their own nation and laws--something that Harold has learned well from his father. Harold finds, also, that he must marry Lady Aldyth, whose husband's death he caused, and make her queen as an act of political alliance, even though he loves only Edith. He turns back a Danish invasion at Stamford Bridge, but on the fateful day of the Battle of Hastings, when William defeats him, Edith is with Harold. Despite Godwin's high heart for this material, the style of his 16th novel remains a steady plod with a satisfied smile. -- Copyright �1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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