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Sandra Wagner-Wright

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Saxon Heroines

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Seventh century England is a hodgepodge of warring Anglo-Saxon states filled with shifting alliances and treacherous grabs for royal power. Kings rise and fall, depending on Woden's Luck. Northumbria, the damp kingdom north of the River Humber, is a state riven with rivalries and kings determined to expand at any cost. Women have no obvious role in a warrior society, but by using their wits, four women—two queens and two abbesses—make monumental changes. One woman marries a pagan king and successfully converts him to Christianity before he dies in battle. One becomes the most powerful abbess in Northumbria and holds the Great Synod at Whitby Abbey, which brings the kingdom back to the Roman Church. Another becomes queen and keeps political alliances strong despite different religious denominations. The fourth woman ushers in a new age by negotiating with kings and churchmen to establish one united church in the Northumbrian kingdom. Based on true events and people, this is the story of Northumbria through the eyes of the most important women of their time.

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Sandra writes historical fiction. Her latest book, "Ambition, Arrogance & Pride" focuses on 18th century Salem MA. Sandra also blogs about history, travel, and other topics that catch her attention. For more information about Sandra, visit her website https://www.sandrawagnerwright.com

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Princess Hildeburg accepts Abbot Aidan's challenge. She and her ladies go Wear where they train with Abbess Hieu. When it's time for a final decision, Hildeburg decides to stay in Northumbria and become a nun. She is happy in her new life away from the world and its challenges. But that is not her fate. Hildeburg is called to be an abbess, not at Lyminge as her aunt desired, but at Heretu on the River Tees.

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Saxon Heroines

My desire to be with my sister in Chelles is an illusion. I don’t even know if she lives. And I’ve come to crave the silence of prayer. It was Penda and Cadwallon who cast me out of Northumbria, not Oswy. Besides, his queen is my kinswoman.

Aidan and Hieu hear my vows and those of my sisters. We reject the world’s vanities and vow to serve the poor. We continue our life together, self-sufficient in our own world, until I receive news that I’m appointed Abbess of Heretu.
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