Category: Historical Fiction Publisher: At Last Communications
ISBN-10: 9780984276820
Pages: 453
Copyright: 2015
ISBN-13: 9780984276820
King Charlemagne begins to reorganize his kingdom, hoping to bring a better life to his realm. The barbarians still invade, a fellow king works for his destruction, and he still yearns for a wife, a true helpmate who believes in his vision.
Describing the middle years of Charlemagne's reign, Beacon in the Medieval Darkness, immerses the reader in the eighth-century Frankish Court. Romance blossoms between one court maid and two of the King's Peers. His second wife's father continues to try to conquer Charlemagne and merge the Frankish empire with his own. Treachery abounds, as always, and constant demands rain down on the king.
Join this unique court, struggling with the illiteracy and ignorance of the Dark Ages, to appreciate the strength, daring, and concern which made Charlemagne a king and which changed Europe forever.
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Shanghai Escapist grabs the faint-of-heart right from the get-go and serves up an ultimatum: What would you do if caught in the same circumstances? From the opening scene, the reader is tossed into the maze of daily intrigue as it existed in 1960s-70
