Arnhild: The Story of the Trumpington Girl

By Daniel Peter

It was 2011 when the approximately 1,300-year-old grave of a 16-year-old girl was discovered in Trumpington, on the outskirts of Cambridge. Who was she? What did the precious cross that lay with her in the grave mean? And why was a girl from the Alpine foothills buried here? These are the questions this book explores. At once a young adult novel (ages 12 and up) and a social portrait of the early Middle Ages, it tells, in atmospheric images, the eventful story of Arnhild, a noble girl from Bavaria. It tells of her courage, her fears, her faith, and her doubts. It tells of growing up in a world between paganism and Christianity, shaped by honor, love, violence, and hope. No one knows whether the story of the girl discovered in Trumpington was like Arnhild's. But - it could have been.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F663Z3T2
• ISBN13: 9798281064514
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 97 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"