The Slaughter Stone
Description:... Owain Glyndŵr's rebellion rages... and no secret is safe
A story of medieval Wales and a family caught up in the tumultuous events of the Glyndŵr revolt.
- Gwendolen is a natural healer.
Her mother makes an unhappy marriage to an English merchant, does he have his own reasons to keep her and her home, Bryn Derwen, in his possession?
- John is an English archer, disillusioned with conflict and war.
- Tomos is a master woodcarver, finding himself involved in a plot to remove King Henry IV from the throne…
As events in spring 1405 move towards a terrible conclusion, the stories of all three unfold through battles, weddings, births and deaths, secrets and lies, and the background of war and rebellion. We meet the churchwomen and tinkers, warriors and wizards, rebels and princes, and ordinary people trying to stay alive in a time of turmoil.
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