After the burial of her husband, Branda turns to her good friend, Mildryth, for comfort. She knows that Mildryth has already passed through this ordeal, indeed it was worse for her; Mildryth lost both her husband and son and everything that they had ever owned in one fell swoop. How could anyone survive such pain?
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For Rapture of Ravens – Let’s Read and Discuss 03
Hardrada had not traveled to England for pillage and plunder like his ancestors before him, he had come for the crown itself. York was to be his capital in the north until such time as he could kill King Harold and make the move to London himself.
For Rapture of Ravens – Let’s Read and Discuss 02
Wulfhere was not a warrior and he was quick to prove that at the Battle of Fulford Gate. The following day finds him hiding in a nearby forest, no longer pretending to be a butescarl, a mercenary, but with a small stash of treasure that he looted from the bodies of dead and injured Saxon warriors.
For Rapture of Ravens – Let’s Read and Discuss 01
Viking warriors are tasked with taking the news of their victory to the settlements that ring York. Hardrada, it seems, has a notion that when the descendants of their people who have settled in England hear the news of the battle they will flock to his banner. It just happens to be Coenred's luck that, as they make their weary way to Tadcaster, his men meet with a group of Vikings in a Saxon village.
Peter C Whitaker 