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The Swan-Daughter

by Carol McGrath · 2014

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THE DAUGHTERS OF HASTINGS: BOOK 2. "The Swan Daughter" is a true 11th century tale of elopement and a love triangle by best-selling author of "The Handfasted Wife," Carol McGrath. A marriage made in Heaven or Hell. 1075 and Dowager Queen Edith has died. Gunnhild longs to leave Wilton Abbey but is her suitor Breton knight Count Alan of Richmond interested in her inheritance as the daughter of King Harold and Edith Swan-Neck or does he love her for herself? And is her own love for Count Alan an enduring love or has she made a mistake?

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Audience
adult
Length
medium · 370 pages

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