‘A gripping saga of great passion’
The Times
‘As splendid a ripping yarn as any of the best classics’
Daily Telegraph
‘I loved it . . . [a] stately, seething, passionate epic’
Literary Review
Britain during the Dark Ages is the setting for the fascinating story of Bega, a young Irish princess who became a saint, and her lifelong bond with Padric, prince of the north-western kingdom of Rheged. This dramatic, far-reaching tale brings to life a land of warring kings, Christians and pagans, and tribes divided by language and culture, illuminating a little-known yet critical period in British history.
The Times
‘As splendid a ripping yarn as any of the best classics’
Daily Telegraph
‘I loved it . . . [a] stately, seething, passionate epic’
Literary Review
Britain during the Dark Ages is the setting for the fascinating story of Bega, a young Irish princess who became a saint, and her lifelong bond with Padric, prince of the north-western kingdom of Rheged. This dramatic, far-reaching tale brings to life a land of warring kings, Christians and pagans, and tribes divided by language and culture, illuminating a little-known yet critical period in British history.
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Reviews
Wonderfully evocative, passionate and erudite . . . No summary could do justice to a book of this erudition, romance and scope
A gripping saga of great passion . . . sustained, impassioned and uplifting
An absorbing epic . . . as splendid a ripping yarn as any of the best classics
A gripping, deeply accomplished work
I loved it . . . Bragg's stately, seething, passionate epic is several cuts above modern attempts at historical fiction
A beguiling entry into a society strange, neglected, important, tragic in many of its triumphs