The conquest / Elizabeth Chadwick ; read by Charlotte Strevens.
By: Chadwick, Elizabeth.
Contributor(s): Strevens, Charlotte.
Publisher: Oxford : Isis, 2018Description: 18 sound discs (CD) (ca. 18 hr. 30 min.) : digital ; 12 cm.Content type: spoken word Media type: audio Carrier type: audio discISBN: 9781407975894; 1407975897.Subject(s): Grief -- Fiction | Betrayal -- Fiction | Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154 -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Audiobooks.Online resources: Click here to access online Read by Charlotte Strevens.Summary: When a comet appears in the sky over England in 1066, Ailith, a young Saxon wife, feels sure that it can only bode well. Yet, within a year, Ailith's joy turns to heartache as her husband and her child are taken from her and the conquering Normans advance. Ailith's grief turns to love for a brief period with a handsome Norman invader. She bears him one daughter, but in the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings she discovers a betrayal she cannot forgive Years later, the spirited Julitta is determined to find happiness. Her quest takes her on a pilgrimage to Compostella, to a colourful horse fair in Bordeaux, to the terrors of piracy on the open sea.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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| Audiobooks | Chester Lane Library Talking Book | Available | 38055013257530 |
Complete and unabridged.
Soundings CD.
Read by Charlotte Strevens.
When a comet appears in the sky over England in 1066, Ailith, a young Saxon wife, feels sure that it can only bode well. Yet, within a year, Ailith's joy turns to heartache as her husband and her child are taken from her and the conquering Normans advance. Ailith's grief turns to love for a brief period with a handsome Norman invader. She bears him one daughter, but in the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings she discovers a betrayal she cannot forgive Years later, the spirited Julitta is determined to find happiness. Her quest takes her on a pilgrimage to Compostella, to a colourful horse fair in Bordeaux, to the terrors of piracy on the open sea.
Adult.