The abbot's tale : a novel /
Iggulden, Conn,
The abbot's tale : a novel / Conn Iggulden. - First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. - 463 pages : map ; 24 cm
In the year 937, the new king of England, a grandson of Alfred the Great, readies himself to go to war in the north. His dream of a united kingdom of all England will stand or fall on one field--on the passage of a single day. At his side is the priest Dunstan of Glastonbury, full of ambition and wit (perhaps enough to damn his soul). His talents will take him from the villages of Wessex to the royal court, to the hills of Rome--from exile to exaltation. Through Dunstan's vision, by his guiding hand, England will either come together as one great country or fall back into anarchy and misrule...From one of our finest historical writers, The Abbott's Tale is an intimate portrait of a priest and performer, a visionary, a traitor and confessor to kings--the man who can change the fate of England.--Dust jacket.
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Dunstan, Saint, 909-988 --Fiction.
Athelstan, King of England, 895-939 --Fiction.
Abbots--England--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066--Fiction.
Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.
The abbot's tale : a novel / Conn Iggulden. - First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. - 463 pages : map ; 24 cm
In the year 937, the new king of England, a grandson of Alfred the Great, readies himself to go to war in the north. His dream of a united kingdom of all England will stand or fall on one field--on the passage of a single day. At his side is the priest Dunstan of Glastonbury, full of ambition and wit (perhaps enough to damn his soul). His talents will take him from the villages of Wessex to the royal court, to the hills of Rome--from exile to exaltation. Through Dunstan's vision, by his guiding hand, England will either come together as one great country or fall back into anarchy and misrule...From one of our finest historical writers, The Abbott's Tale is an intimate portrait of a priest and performer, a visionary, a traitor and confessor to kings--the man who can change the fate of England.--Dust jacket.
9781681777306 1681777304
W W Norton & Co Inc, Keystone Industrial Park Attn Mike Charnogursky 800 Keystone Industrial Park, Scranton, PA, USA, 18512 SAN 202-5795
Dunstan, Saint, 909-988 --Fiction.
Athelstan, King of England, 895-939 --Fiction.
Abbots--England--Fiction.
Great Britain--History--Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066--Fiction.
Great Britain--Kings and rulers--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Novels.