Destination: England (11th Century)

Book: The Handfasted Wife by Carol McGrath (NEW December 2013)

I have long been fascinated with the time of the Norman Conquest in England when William the Conqueror defeated King Harrold. Most of the things I have read about that period centered on the Normans, and of course when I visited Bayeux, France and saw the magnificent Bayeux tapestry, I was totally brainwashed about the magnificent deeds of William the Conqueror. The Handfasted Wife attracted me because the cover is adorned with a bit of the Bayeux tapestry, but even more because here is the story not only told from the English point of view, but centered on the effect the Battle of Hastings and its aftermath had on women. The book’s cover picture shows a mansion being burned by the invaders and a woman and child fleeing. Continue reading William the Conqueror, King Harrold, War, and Romance →