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The Rood and the Torc - The Song of Kristinge, Son of Finn (Paperback)
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The Rood and the Torc - The Song of Kristinge, Son of Finn (Paperback)
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When Kristinge, a young monk at a monastery in southeastern France,
discovers he is the son of a famous Frisian hero and king who died
in battle six years earlier, he leaves the monastic life and sets
out in search of his identity. Traveling with his old mentor
Willimond, a monk originally of Lindisfarne, Kristinge's journey
brings him first across France to Denmark to search of his mother,
and eventually back to his native soil of Friesland. Along the way
he meets the young, decadent, and half-crazy Frankish king Clovis
who resides in Paris, and the holy Abbess Telchild of the nearby
monastery of Jouarre--two of several historical figures woven
through the novel. However, what begins as a quest to uncover his
heritage and find whether his mother still lives becomes a sort of
spiritual journey of discovery at many other levels. Kristinge
wrestles with the question: who is he, and who should he become? Is
he the monk he has spent the past six years training to be? Or the
gifted bard that was trained as a youth to compose songs, sing, and
play the harp? Or is he the future king that will unite Friesland
and save it from the threat of the increasingly powerful Danes and
Vikings on the one side and decaying but still threatening Frankish
empire on the other. Compounding his confusion, Kristinge also
rediscovers and falls in love with a young woman whom he had known
many years earlier as a child: a woman who would be far above his
station were he to remain a monk but not above his station were he
to become king.
General
Imprint: |
Wings Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
2014 |
First published: |
2014 |
Authors: |
Matthew Dickerson
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 33mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
416 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-60940-298-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Historical fiction
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LSN: |
1-60940-298-7 |
Barcode: |
9781609402983 |
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