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Housecarl
Aelfraed’s life changes when his uncle Aethelward takes him into the household warriors of Harold Godwinson. Training among professional fighting men gives him a place in the turbulent politics of late Anglo-Saxon England, and campaigns against the Welsh bring him both experience and a growing reputation.
When Aelfraed saves King Edward the Confessor, his standing rises further and binds his future more closely to the royal house. The story moves toward the crisis of 1066, when Harold becomes king and England faces invasion from more than one direction. At Stamford Bridge, Aelfraed and the housecarls confront Harald Hardrada’s Norwegian army in a battle that will leave little time to recover before the next threat arrives.
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