
The award-winning historical fiction novel by Francis Williams. What others are saying. "I am reminded of "Pillars of the Earth" by Ken Follett in terms of the attention paid to detail and the storytelling style seamlessly blending into the backdrop of history...

In 425 CE, the once Roman province of Britannia has been brutally invaded by barbarian tribes from all directions. These lands are now a series of lawless, squabbling kingdoms which haven't been united since the death of High King Coel Hen roughly a decade before. Roman rule...