by Laurence J Brown (Author)
Review
Packed with intrigue, sex, romance, and drama. - Trevor Reynolds of The Lincolnshire Echo
Paul L Money, Astrospace
...what a book!... My rating 9/10
Product Description
Spring 1070: William, the Conqueror has been King of England for three years but his reign has not been a peaceful one. The Saxon people have risen up against the Norman oppressors but the Conqueror has crushed them all with shocking brutality. All seems lost but in the Fens of East Anglia, a Saxon nobleman, dispossessed of his lands, lights the flame of rebellion one last time.
From the Publisher
A sequel to Housecarl, Laurence J Brown's acclaimed account of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, Cold Heart, Cruel Hand follows the adventures of Ranulf Redbeard as he fights alongside Hereward the Wake in a final bloody stand on the Isle of Ely.
Packed with intrigue, sex, romance, and drama. - Trevor Reynolds of The Lincolnshire Echo
Paul L Money, Astrospace
...what a book!... My rating 9/10
Product Description
Spring 1070: William, the Conqueror has been King of England for three years but his reign has not been a peaceful one. The Saxon people have risen up against the Norman oppressors but the Conqueror has crushed them all with shocking brutality. All seems lost but in the Fens of East Anglia, a Saxon nobleman, dispossessed of his lands, lights the flame of rebellion one last time.
From the Publisher
A sequel to Housecarl, Laurence J Brown's acclaimed account of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, Cold Heart, Cruel Hand follows the adventures of Ranulf Redbeard as he fights alongside Hereward the Wake in a final bloody stand on the Isle of Ely.
Laughton Swanney, an Amazon customer from Lincolnshire:
An epic tale of love and war under the heel of the Normans - 5 stars
An epic tale of love and war under the heel of the Normans - 5 stars
I loved Mr Brown's first book. It is an amazing portrayal of life and war in and around the time of the Norman Invasion in 1066.
It is an old saying that the second book is harder to write than the first but this does not appear to be the case with Mr Brown. His writing style has soared in confidence in his portrayal of life after the Norman Invasion. This is a novel which takes you along at pace.You will visualise it so clearly it would be criminal not to turn it into a film for those who are not so keen on reading as the rest of us. It would be a film with the potential of Braveheart.
The book itself is deeply oppressive detailing the harshness of life under the Normans. The brutality is endemic and the drudgery of life for the Saxons is starkly highlighted. In Hereward's camp the players act out their lives in the cetainty that the Norman killing machine will eventually seek them out and destroy them as the last pocket of resistance.
The story is underlain with a forlorn but nonetheless dogged determination not to give in to the enemy. It is that indomitable spirit that makes the British what they are- the very essence of guts and courage.
Oh! And in a book full of bad guys there is one character who truly drips evil. He makes your flesh crawl. You can feel the poison ooze out of the pages and his vindictive atmosphere pervades the whole story. I kept looking round to make sure he wasn't behind me!
This naked malice is in stark contrast to a father's love for his son and his desperate race to find him and reunite his family.
I can thoroughly recommend this novel to you and I will use that hackneyed cliché - It truly is a book you won't be able to put down.
About the Author
Laurence J Brown is a partner in the law firm Morley, Brown & Co. and specialises in personal injuries. He lectures on the subject to other lawyers and barristers. He also talks on law and history to Women's Institutes, Probus clubs and church wives' groups. His interest in history decided him to write his first historical novel, Housecarl, which is on sale throughout the United Kingdom and now also the United States, Canada, Australia and South Africa. Several film companies are showing an interest in the film rights. Cold Heart, Cruel Hand is the sequel to Housecarl, and Laurence is now working on extending the series.
About the Author
Laurence J Brown is a partner in the law firm Morley, Brown & Co. and specialises in personal injuries. He lectures on the subject to other lawyers and barristers. He also talks on law and history to Women's Institutes, Probus clubs and church wives' groups. His interest in history decided him to write his first historical novel, Housecarl, which is on sale throughout the United Kingdom and now also the United States, Canada, Australia and South Africa. Several film companies are showing an interest in the film rights. Cold Heart, Cruel Hand is the sequel to Housecarl, and Laurence is now working on extending the series.
His writing style makes a book easy to read but hard to put down. His description of battles places the reader in the middle of the action, almost smelling the stench of sweat and blood.
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