Northern Knight

by Griff Hosker Book 3 in the The Anarchy Series series.

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As Emperor Henry V approaches death, his wife Matilda becomes vulnerable to nobles who see control of the empress as a route to imperial influence. Her father, Henry I of England, sends Alfraed of Norton and a small company to bring her safely home before rival factions can use her position to provoke a wider conflict.

The rescue becomes a fighting journey across the Empire, France and Flanders, with Norman traitors adding danger from within the English political world. Alfraed’s handful of northern knights must protect Matilda across territories where formal hospitality may conceal hostile intentions. The mission anticipates the importance she will soon acquire in the English succession and the civil war that follows Henry I’s death.

Historical Periods

Thomas Becket and Church–Crown Conflict1162–1170 CE Third Crusade1189–1192 CE First Battle of Lincoln1141 CE Norman Invasion of Ireland1169–1177

Historical people

Eleanor of Aquitaine1124–1204 Henry II of England1133–1189 Stephen, King of England1095–1154 Empress Matilda1102–1167 David I of Scotland1084–1153 Thomas Becket William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke1146–1219