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In the Name of the Mother
Book 2 in the Wyrd of the Wolf series.
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Wessex, 689. The widowed Cynethryth returns from Rome carrying the child of her dead husband, a son whose royal blood makes him valuable and vulnerable. She entrusts Æthelheard to a related king in Dorset, hoping adoption will protect him from factions seeking to use or eliminate potential claimants.
Æthelheard grows up among rebellious princes during the reign of Ine, learning warfare and loyalty while his mother attempts to influence events from a more religious life. Their separate struggles reveal how succession politics enter families, monasteries and personal relationships long before an open contest for the throne begins.
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