Lord Edward’s Archer

Name: Lord Edward’s Archer
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by Griff Hosker Book 1 in the Lord Edward’s Archer series.

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Gruffyd grows up in the hard border country between England and Wales, where his father’s skill with the longbow is both a livelihood and protection. By seventeen he is already an accomplished archer, and service at a marcher castle offers a way out of poverty while placing him inside the military system that governs the contested frontier.

His abilities soon bring him into the orbit of Lord Edward, whose campaigns will transform the Welsh Marches and eventually the whole kingdom. Gruffyd must learn that service to a powerful lord demands more than accuracy with a bow: scouting, discipline and divided local loyalties can determine whether a young soldier advances or becomes expendable in a conflict between crown authority and Welsh resistance.

Historical Periods

Crusades1095–1291 CE Edward I’s Conquest of Wales1277–1283 CE Battle of Stirling Bridge1297 CE Battle of Bannockburn1314 CE Invasion of England and Deposition of Edward II1326–1327 CE

Historical people

Edward I of England1239–1307 Isabella of France1295–1358 Edward II of England1284–1327 Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March1287–1330 Henry III of England1207–1272 Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester1208–1265 Llywelyn ap Gruffudd1220–1282 Robert the Bruce1274–1329 William Wallace1270–1305