The Coming of the Wolf

Name: The Coming of the Wolf
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Elizabeth Chadwick
ISBN: 9798892732574

Author: Elizabeth Chadwick

Series: Wild Hunt

Narrator: Charlotte Strevens

Unabridged: 9 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/30/2024

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance

Synopsis

Shortlisted for the RNA Historical Romantic Novel Award
The long-awaited prequel to Elizabeth Chadwick's beloved first novel The Wild Hunt
The Welsh Borders, 1069

When Ashdyke Manor is attacked, Lady Christen is forced to witness her husband's murder and the pillaging of her lands at the hands of brutal Norman invaders.

It seems the pain is finally over when Miles Le Gallois, Lord of Milnham-on-Wye, calls off the attack. But he has Christen's brother under armed guard and a deal to offer: her brother's freedom for her hand in marriage. Christen finds herself hastily married into the enemy
side, with her brother swearing his vengeance on her new husband.

Miles and Christen's precarious union invites enemies from all sides and when Miles is summoned for a lengthy campaign by the King, Christen is left to watch his lands. In the midst of war, two enemies must somehow learn to trust one another if they are to survive …

About Elizabeth Chadwick

New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Chadwick lives in a cottage in the Vale of Belvoir in Nottinghamshire with her husband and their four dogs. Her first novel, The Wild Hunt, won a Betty Trask Award, To Defy a King won the Romantic Novelist Association's Historical Novel Prize and The Scarlet Lion was nominated by Richard Lee - founder of the Historical Novel Society - as one of the top ten historical novels of the last decade. She often lectures at conferences and historical venues, has been consulted for television documentaries and is a member of the Royal Historical Society.Keep in touch with Elizabeth via her website, her blogs or on social media.www.elizabethchadwick.comtwitter: @chadwickauthorfacebook: ElizabethChadwick

Reviews

Goodreads review by Mela on April 27, 2022

It was definitely Elizabeth Chadwick's novel. So, it was a great piece of historical fiction taking place in the Middle Ages. Moreover, the descriptions were gripping, interesting, and picturesque. Yet, it was clearly one of the first books by the author (written many years ago, published for the fir......more

Goodreads review by Geoff on June 24, 2021

So, why did I buy “The Coming of the Wolf”? Well, firstly I enjoy Elizabeth Chadwick’s books, secondly I have all her books bar the King Arthur one she modified from a film script, thirdly it deals with events in the Welsh Marches immediately post Norman Invasion that involve Eadric Cild (or Edric t......more

Goodreads review by Claire Harris on August 08, 2020

Love this As soon as I got it I couldn't put it down and now it's finished I want to start reading The Wild Hunt again to remember what happens next for the family.......more

Goodreads review by bails on June 18, 2022

Read this in TWO DAYS. Two. Romantic historical fiction (especially written by Elizabeth Chadwick) is my jam......more

Goodreads review by Samantha on October 21, 2020

Trying to rate this book was hard. My initial thought was excitement at revisiting the setting and characters I had loved so much in the Wild Hunt series. I loved EC’s fiction so much more when it is about fictional characters than a fictionalised account of real people. I wish she would write more......more