Fatal Rivalry

Name: Fatal Rivalry
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: Mercedes Rochelle
ISBN: 9781667033389

Author: Mercedes Rochelle

Series: The Last Great Saxon Earls #3

Narrator: Kevin E. Green

Unabridged: 9 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Sergeant Press

Published: 07/19/2020

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

In 1066, the rivalry between two brothers brought England to its knees. When Duke William of Normandy landed at Pevensey on September 28, 1066, no one was there to resist him. King Harold Godwineson was in the north, fighting his brother Tostig and Harald Hardrada at Stamford Bridge. How could this have happened? Why would Tostig turn traitor to wreak revenge on his brother?Harold and Tostig were not always enemies; it took a massive Northumbrian uprising to tear them apart, making one an exile and the other his sworn enemy. After Edward the Confessor died and Harold took the crown, Tostig was intent on reclaiming his earldom. But he was on his own; his brother was not sympathetic. In fact, Harold allied with Tostig's enemies. What else could he do?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Christy

I love all things historical and this retelling of the events around the Norman Invasion is a great example of historical fiction done right. The research was obviously extensive and detailed. The main challenge is to make historical characters come to live, and in this case, the author did exactly......more

Goodreads review by Frank

Mercedes Rochelle in FATAL RIVALRY, her fourth book, continues to hone her skills as a writer as she displays elements of a discerning historian and novelist. FATAL RIVALRY is the third and final volume in the The Last Great Saxon Earls trilogy. The first book in the series, GODWINE KINGMAKER, follow......more

Goodreads review by S.W.

Totally gripping and faithful to the material.... Having an intense interest in all things Dark Age England (maybe it's an ancestors from the Mayflower thing), I couldn't ask for more thorough geography of--or better psychology into--this under-popularized time period. Nothing being perfect, I just f......more

Goodreads review by Helen

This is the final novel in Mercedes Rochelle’s Last Great Saxon Earls trilogy, completing the story begun in Godwine Kingmaker and The Sons of Godwine and describing the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings in 1066. As the novel opens in 1064, Edward the Confessor is still on the throne of Eng......more

Goodreads review by Kai

Mercedes Rochelle uses the various Godwinesons as POW characters to bring you back to the conquering of England in 1066, and it works well to bring you into the heart of the story. 1065 and 1066 were fatal years in English history, and all though I had a general knowledge of the Battle of Stamford Br......more