The Worthy Soldier, Sarah Woodbury
The Worthy Soldier, Sarah Woodbury
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The Worthy Soldier
The Gareth & Gwen Medieval Mysteries

Author: Sarah Woodbury

Narrator: Laurel Schroeder

Unabridged: 8 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/24/2018


Synopsis

A celebratory feast ends in carnage in the ninth Gareth & Gwen Medieval Mystery …May 1147. Gareth and Gwen have traveled to Deheubarth in the retinue of Prince Hywel. The Prince of Gwynedd has temporarily allied himself with King Cadell and his Norman relations in order to finally evict the hated Flemings from south Wales. But while the battle goes well, the celebratory feast afterwards does not, leaving Gareth and Gwen among the few left standing. And it is to them, as always, that the investigation falls and on whom peace in Wales may well depend.The Worthy Soldier is the ninth Gareth & Gwen Medieval Mystery.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ali

These books are always a little better when they deal directly with real historical events, but I found myself enjoying this more than I had others in a while. This book deals with the mystery of Maud's lost loot, but it also includes a thoughtful look at the impact of constantly shifting alliances......more

Goodreads review by Lora

The Worthy Soldier, the ninth book of the Gareth and Gwen mysteries, opens with an attack on Wiston Castle, owned by the Fleming Walter FitzWizo, by the combined forces of Gwynedd and Dehubarth. The two Welch kingdoms are engaged in what both Prince Hywel of Gwynedd and King Cadell of Dehubarth prob......more

Goodreads review by PR

The Best Story So Far... And the toughest one to read so far...She gets better and better, clearer and clearer in her narration of these stories with each book. The explanations of the historic detail are easier to understand the more of these she writes. I have read so many books about this era over......more

3.5. Sometimes Woodbury creates situations in which Gareth and Gwen are called to investigate that seemed far too contrived. But, so it is. And the situation in which the mystery occurs is a good one. Unfortunately, without giving anything away, I think Ms Woodbury put something in the story or, mor......more

Goodreads review by Kate

Love this series! Another great tale in the Gareth and Gwen medieval mystery series. I just keep enjoying this series with each new book. In " The Worthy Soldier", the two sleuths are more closely involved in the tragic times of England when Stephen and the Empress Matilda were battling it out for th......more