Soon the enemy are on the march, led by the dispossessed prince Eadgar, the last of the ancient Saxon line, who is determined to seize the realm he believes is his. Badly wounded, Tancred escapes with his life. In the battle that ensues, their army is slaughtered almost to a man. Tancred a Dinant, an ambitious and oath-sworn knight and a proud leader of men, is among them, hungry for battle, for silver and for land.īut at Durham the Normans are ambushed in the streets by English rebels. In the depths of winter, two thousand Normans march to subdue the troublesome province of Northumbria. Less than three years have passed since Hastings and the death of the usurper, Harold Godwineson.
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