Description
When a comet appears in the sky over England in the spring of 1066, it heralds a time of momentous change for Ailith, a young Saxon wife. Newly pregnant, she has developed a friendship with her neighbour, Felice, a Norman wine-merchant's wife who is also with child. But when Felice's countrymen come not as friends but as conquerors, they take all that Ailith holds dear.
Rescued from suicidal grief by Rolf, a handsome Norman horse-breeder, Ailith is persuaded to become a nurse to Felice's son, Benedict, but it soon develops into a situation fraught with tension. Ailith leaves Felice's household for Rolf's English lands and becomes his mistress, bearing him a daughter, Julitta. But the Battle of Hastings has left a savage legacy which is to have bitter repercussions, not only for Rolf and Ailith, but for the next generation, Benedict and Julitta.
ISBN:9780751511772
