The Briton and the Dane: Concordia
By Mary Ann Bernal
Narrated by: Sebastian Lockwood
Series: The Briton and the Dane, Book 4
Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 02-01-16
Language: English
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Wednesday, May 7, 2025
Epic Conflict and Unbreakable Alliances: The Briton and the Dane: Concordia – An Audiobook by Mary Ann Bernal, Narrated by Sebastian Lockwood
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Winds of Betrayal: The Briton and the Dane: Legacy by Mary Ann Bernal. Narrated by Sebastian Lockwood.
Author Mary Ann Bernal
Narrator: Sebastian Lockwood
Series: The Briton and the Dane, Book 3
Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 07-17-18
Language: English
Narrator: Sebastian Lockwood
Series: The Briton and the Dane, Book 3
Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 07-17-18
Language: English
A king overcomes a vast enemy, but peace is fleeting as war drums echo. A sea invasion, spurred by betrayal, leads to a naval clash. The king, facing Viking threats, must protect his realm in a decisive battle where the nation’s destiny hangs in the balance. Amidst the chaos, a woman’s desperate attempt to forge peace backfires, sealing the doom of countless souls in the icy embrace of the sea. In this struggle, a weary ruler, beset by the specter of Norse conquest, rallies his people. With the fate of his kingdom at stake, he faces the invaders, driven by vengeance and the promise of Valhalla’s glory. The clash of wills and steel will determine the future of a nation, forever altering the course of history.
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Friday, March 21, 2025
Echoes of Valor: The Briton and the Dane Birthright by Mary Ann Bernal. Narrated by Sebastian Lockwood.
Author: Mary Ann Bernal
Narrator: Sebastian Lockwood
Series: The Briton and the Dane, Book 2
Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 11-02-16
Language: English
Narrator: Sebastian Lockwood
Series: The Briton and the Dane, Book 2
Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release date: 11-02-16
Language: English
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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Historical Epic Unveiled: The Briton and the Dane by Mary Ann Bernal. Narrated by Sebastian Lockwood.
Author: Mary Ann Bernal
Narrator: Sebastian Lockwood
Series: The Briton and the Dane, Book 1
Length:11 hrs and 30 mins
Release Date: August 21, 2014
Language: English
In a realm shadowed by the looming threat of Norse conquest, a young woman finds herself the linchpin in a perilous game of dominion. Her capture, far from being a mere twist of fate, casts her into the depths of a world rife with cunning and treachery. Amidst the echoes of a hundred scheming voices, truth becomes a chameleon, shifting its hues with each whispered plot. As the specter of the Norse menace draws ever nearer, she must navigate through a sea of deceit where allies are indistinguishable from foes. In this maelstrom of betrayal, her heart aches for the love of a prince from the ranks of her kingdom’s adversaries—a love that stands as her sole beacon amidst the encroaching darkness of war.
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Saturday, March 12, 2022
Audiobook Spotlight: The Briton and the Dane: Legacy, by Mary Ann Bernal, narrated by Sebastian Lockwood
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Whispered by the wise and the learned. Talked of in hushed
tones around luminous firesides. Engraved by awestruck scribes in the
scriptoria of the chronicles. Against all the odds, great King Alfred defeated
a vastly superior Danish army outside Chippenham. This victory, the sages
prophesied, would guarantee peace throughout the land. Or so they thought.
Two years later, Rigr the Bastard, vengeful and seeking to claim his birthright, was defeated in the wilds of East Anglia. His blood-smeared berserker warriors vanquished; no quarter asked for - no quarter given.
Now, a further two years later, the Vikings return. Noble Prince Sven instigates a seaborne invasion, fueled partly by blind rage when he discovers that his brother, Prince Erik, has sworn fealty to the Anglo-Saxon king. His own brother: a traitor and a fool.
Erik’s love, Lady Gwyneth, attempts to stop the invasion before it starts by uniting the two estranged brothers, but her scheming only succeeds in making matters worse. Indeed, her interference guarantees the death of thousands of warriors in the freezing, tumultuous North Sea.
So when the horns of Sven’s monumental fleet of warships are heard off the fogbound coast of Britannia, King Alfred - outnumbered, outshipped, and weary of the fray - must rouse his jaded Saxon warriors and lead them to sea to repel his most formidable enemy yet. A host motivated by the spilled blood of the fallen, the spirit of black vengeance, and the delights of a warrior’s reward in Valhalla is the most fearsome opponent of all.
Alfred. Sven. Erik. Gwyneth. Amidst the ferrous reverberation of a battle royale - one or all must die, and the fate of a nation hangs in the balance one final time.
Listen to the Preface HERE
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Saturday, March 5, 2022
Audiobook Spotlight: The Briton and the Dane: Birthright by Mary Ann Bernal, narrated by Sebastian Lockwood
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Two years have passed since Alfred the Great successfully
defeated Guthrum, King of the Vikings. The fair land of England is at peace.
That is, until the harmony is threatened by Guthrum's angry, vengeful,
illegitimate son, Rigr, who is hell-bent on usurping his father's throne. Rigr
demands his Birthright - an acknowledgment that he is the sole heir to the
Danelaw, but his father refuses his claim.
Rigr assembles his army; a motley, but formidable, cohort of disenchanted warriors. Fearsome Guthrum, the ruler of everything from Kent to Northumbria, is made aware of the threat and conjures his forces, meeting the rebellious host on the field at Thetford.
Thousands upon thousands of bloodthirsty warriors confront each other on the sunlit, windless plains of East Anglia. The victors will rewrite the course of history, and the fate of England is in the hands of the gods of war.
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Saturday, February 26, 2022
Audiobook Spotlight: The Briton and the Dane by Mary Ann Bernal, narrated by Sebastian Lockwood
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King Alfred the Great has thwarted the Viking threat against
his kingdom of Wessex. Signing a treaty with the formidable Danish King
Guthrum, he succeeds in pushing the heathen army back to the rolling fens of
East Anglia.
An uneasy peace holds sway: The King establishes a standing army under Lord Richard, who takes command of the citadel at Wareham.
Richard and his army are accompanied by his daughter, Gwyneth, an impetuous and reckless young woman – at once striking, intellectually gifted, but dangerously vain and imprudent.
While Richard broods on the Viking threat, Gwyneth falls in love with an enemy prince - only to discover that she has been betrothed to a Saxon warrior twice her age.
Refusing to countenance her grim fate, she flees the fortress, but is soon kidnapped by a Viking warrior and taken to the camp of King Guthrum while Saxon search parties scour the land.
In captivity, a hostage to fortune, and the focus of political intrigue, Gwyneth is submerged in a world of expediency, betrayal, and black treachery. Slowly, she realizes the truth is suspect, nothing is what it appears and her reality cannot be trusted.
And all the time, against this background, she desires nothing more than to be reunited with her dashing Danish prince.
Listen to Chapter One HERE
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Saturday, February 19, 2022
Audiobook Spotlight: The Briton and the Dane: Concordia by Mary Ann Bernal, narrated by Sebastian Lockwood
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Travel back in time to late ninth-century Anglo-Saxon
Britain, where Alfred the Great rules with a benevolent hand while the Danish
King rules peacefully within the boundaries of the Danelaw. Trade flourishes,
and scholars from throughout the civilized world flock to Britannia's shores to
study at the King's Court School at Winchester.
Enter Concordia, a beautiful noblewoman whose family is favored by the king. Vain, willful, and admired but ambitious and cunning, Concordia is not willing to accept her fate. She is betrothed to the valiant warrior Brantson but sees herself as far too young to lie in the bedchamber of an older suitor. She wants to see the wonders of the world, embracing everything in it - preferably, but dangerously, at the side of Thayer, the exotic Saracen who charms King Alfred's court and ignites her yearning passions.
Concordia manipulates her besotted husband into taking her to Rome, but her ship is captured by bloodthirsty pirates, and the seafarers protecting her are ruthlessly slain to a man. As she awaits her fate in the Moorish captain's bed, by sheer chance she discovers that salvation is at hand in the gilded court of a Saracen nobleman.
While awaiting rescue, Concordia finds herself at the center of intrigue, plots, blackmail, betrayal, and the vain desires of two egotistical brothers, each willing to die for her favor. Using only feminine cunning, Concordia must defend her honor while plotting her escape as she awaits deliverance somewhere inside steamy, unconquered Muslim Hispania.
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Saturday, September 1, 2018
The Briton and the Dane: Legacy - audiobook now available
The Briton and the Dane: Legacy
Narrated by traveling bard, Sebastian Lockwood
Author of the acclaimed The Trickster's Tongue
Available for purchase
This victory, the sages prophesied, would guarantee peace throughout the land. Or so they thought.
Two years later, Rigr the Bastard, vengeful and seeking to claim his birthright, was defeated in the wilds of East Anglia. His blood smeared berserker warriors vanquished; no quarter asked for - no quarter given.
Now, a further two years later, the Vikings return. Noble Prince Sven instigates a seaborne invasion, fueled partly by blind rage when he discovers that his brother, Prince Erik, has sworn fealty to the Anglo-Saxon king.
His own brother: A traitor and a fool.
Erik’s love, Lady Gwyneth, attempts to stop the invasion before it starts by uniting the two estranged brothers, but her scheming only succeeds in making matters worse. Indeed, her interference guarantees the death of thousands of warriors in the freezing, tumultuous North Sea.
So when the horns of Sven’s monumental fleet of warships are heard off the fogbound coast of Britannia, King Alfred – outnumbered, outshipped and weary of the fray - must rouse his jaded Saxon warriors and lead them to sea, to repel his most formidable enemy yet.
For a host motivated by the spilled blood of the fallen, the spirit of black vengeance, and the delights of a warrior’s reward in Valhalla, is the most fearsome opponent of all.
Alfred. Sven. Erik. Gwyneth. Amidst the ferrous reverberation of a battle royale - one or all must die, and the fate of a nation hangs in the balance, one final time.
Thursday, February 11, 2016
Audio Book Launch - The Briton and the Dane: Concordia by Mary Ann Bernal, Narrated by Sebastian Lockwood
Narrated by traveling bard, Sebastian Lockwood
Captured by Saracen pirates, Concordia finds herself at the center of intrigue, plots, blackmail, betrayal and the vain desires of two egotistical brothers, each willing to die for her favor. While awaiting rescue, Concordia must defend her honor while plotting her escape somewhere inside steamy, unconquered Muslim Hispania.Amazon Link
Saturday, October 3, 2015
Lost 'Epic of Gilgamesh' Verse Depicts Cacophonous Abode of Gods
Live Science
A serendipitous deal between a history museum and a smuggler has provided new insight
into one of the most famous stories ever told: "The Epic of Gilgamesh."
The new finding, a clay tablet, reveals a previously unknown "chapter" of the epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. This new section brings both noise and color to a forest for the gods that was thought to be a quiet place in the work of literature. The newfound verse also reveals details about the inner conflict the poem's heroes endured.
In 2011, the Sulaymaniyah Museum in Slemani, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, purchased a set of 80 to 90 clay tablets from a known smuggler. The museum has been engaging in these backroom dealings as a way to regain valuable artifacts that disappeared from Iraqi historical sites and museums since the start of the American-led invasion of that country, according to the online nonprofit publication Ancient History Et Cetera.
Among the various tablets purchased, one stood out to Farouk Al-Rawi, a professor in the Department of Languages and Cultures of the Near and Middle East at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London. The large block of clay, etched with cuneiform writing, was still caked in mud when Al-Rawi advised the Sulaymaniyah Museum to purchase artifact for the agreed upon $800. [In Photos: See the Treasures of Mesopotamia]
With the help of Andrew George, associate dean of languages and culture at SOAS and translator of "The Epic of Gilgamesh: A New Translation" (Penguin Classics, 2000), Al-Rawi translated the tablet in just five days. The clay artifact could date as far back to the old-Babylonian period (2003-1595 B.C.), according to the Sulaymaniyah Museum. However, Al-Rawi and George said they believe it's a bit younger and was inscribed in the neo-Babylonian period (626-539 B.C.).
Al-Rawi and George soon discovered that the stolen tablet told a familiar story: the story of Gilgamesh, the protagonist of the ancient Babylonian tale, "The Epic of Gilgamesh," which is widely regarded as the first-ever epic poem and the first great work of literature ever created. Because of the time period when the story was written, the tale was likely inscribed on "tablets," with each tablet telling a different part of the story (kind of like modern chapters or verses).
What Al-Rawi and George translated is a formerly unknown portion of the fifth tablet, which tells the story of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, and Enkidu (the wild man created by the gods to keep Gilgamesh in line) as they travel to the Cedar Forest (home of the gods) to defeat the ogre Humbaba.
The new tablet adds 20 previously unknown lines to the epic story, filling in some of the details about how the forest looked and sounded.
"The new tablet continues where other sources break off, and we learn that the Cedar Forest is no place of serene and quiet glades. It is full of noisy birds and cicadas, and monkeys scream and yell in the trees," George told Live Science in an email.
In a parody of courtly life, the monstrous Humbaba treats the cacophony of jungle noises as a kind of entertainment, "like King Louie in 'The Jungle Book,'" George said. Such a vivid description of the natural landscapes is "very rare" in Babylonian narrative poetry, he added
Other newfound lines of the poem confirm details that are alluded to in other parts of the work. For example, it shows that Enkidu and Humbaba were childhood buddies and that, after killing the ogre, the story's heroes feel a bit remorseful, at least for destroying the lovely forest.
"Gilgamesh and Enkidu cut down the cedar to take home to Babylonia, and the new text carries a line that seems to express Enkidu's recognition that reducing the forest to a wasteland is a bad thing to have done, and will upset the gods," George said. Like the description of the forest, this kind of ecological awareness is very rare in ancient poetry, he added.
The tablet, now mud-free and fully translated, is currently on display at the Sulaymaniyah Museum. A paper outlining Al-Rawi and George's findings was published in 2014 in the Journal of Cuneiform Studies.
Follow Elizabeth Palermo @techEpalermo. Follow Live Science @livescience, Facebook & Google+. Original article on Live Science..
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 This clay tablet in inscribed with one part of the Epic of Gilgamesh. It was most likely stolen from a historical site before it was sold to a museum in Iraq.Credit: Farouk Al- |
A serendipitous deal between a history museum and a smuggler has provided new insight
into one of the most famous stories ever told: "The Epic of Gilgamesh."The new finding, a clay tablet, reveals a previously unknown "chapter" of the epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. This new section brings both noise and color to a forest for the gods that was thought to be a quiet place in the work of literature. The newfound verse also reveals details about the inner conflict the poem's heroes endured.
In 2011, the Sulaymaniyah Museum in Slemani, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq, purchased a set of 80 to 90 clay tablets
from a known smuggler. The museum has been engaging in these backroom dealings as a way to regain valuable artifacts that disappeared from Iraqi historical sites and museums since the start of the American-led invasion of that country, according to the online nonprofit publication Ancient History Et Cetera.Among the various tablets purchased, one stood out to Farouk Al-Rawi, a professor in the Department of Languages and Cultures of the Near and Middle East at the School
of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London. The large block of clay, etched with cuneiform writing, was still caked in mud when Al-Rawi advised the Sulaymaniyah Museum to purchase artifact for the agreed upon $800. [In Photos: See the Treasures of Mesopotamia]With the help of Andrew George, associate dean of languages and culture at SOAS and translator of "The Epic of Gilgamesh: A New Translation" (Penguin Classics, 2000), Al-Rawi translated the tablet in just five days. The clay artifact could date as far back to the old-Babylonian period (2003-1595 B.C.), according to the Sulaymaniyah Museum. However, Al-Rawi and George said they believe it's a bit younger and was inscribed in the neo-Babylonian period (626-539 B.C.).
Al-Rawi and George soon discovered that the stolen tablet told a familiar story: the story of Gilgamesh, the protagonist of the ancient Babylonian tale, "The Epic of Gilgamesh," which is widely regarded as the first-ever epic poem and the first great work of literature ever created. Because of the time period when the story was written, the tale was likely inscribed on "tablets," with each tablet telling a different part of the story (kind of like modern chapters or verses).
What Al-Rawi and George translated is a formerly unknown portion of the fifth tablet, which tells the story of Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, and Enkidu (the wild man created by the gods to keep Gilgamesh in line) as they travel to the Cedar Forest (home of the gods) to defeat the ogre Humbaba.
The new tablet adds 20 previously unknown lines to the epic story, filling in some of the details about how the forest looked and sounded.
"The new tablet continues where other sources break off, and we learn that the Cedar Forest is no place of serene and quiet glades. It is full of noisy birds and cicadas, and monkeys scream and yell in the trees," George told Live Science in an email
.In a parody of courtly life, the monstrous Humbaba treats the cacophony of jungle noises as a kind of entertainment, "like King Louie in 'The Jungle Book,'" George said. Such a vivid description of the natural landscapes is "very rare" in Babylonian narrative poetry, he added
Other newfound lines of the poem confirm details that are alluded to in other parts of the work. For example, it shows that Enkidu and Humbaba were childhood buddies and that, after killing the ogre, the story's heroes feel a bit remorseful, at least for destroying the lovely forest.
"Gilgamesh and Enkidu cut down the cedar to take home to Babylonia, and the new text carries a line that seems to express Enkidu's recognition that reducing the forest to a wasteland is a bad thing to have done, and will upset the gods," George said. Like the description of the forest, this kind of ecological awareness is very rare in ancient poetry, he added.
The tablet, now mud-free and fully translated, is currently on display at the Sulaymaniyah Museum. A paper outlining Al-Rawi and George's findings was published in 2014 in the Journal of Cuneiform Studies.
Follow Elizabeth Palermo @techEpalermo. Follow Live Science @livescience, Facebook & Google+. Original article on Live Science..
Listen to traveling bard Sebastian Lockwood's performance on SoundCloud
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Book Launch - Julius Caesar De Bello Gallico The War in Gaul: A Storyteller's version Kindle Edition by Sebastian Lockwood
Hail Caesar! This is the Kindle version, Audible to follow soon. Sebastian Lockwood is The Person to bring this to us. Caesar was a master leader, planner and storyteller. Stay tuned for the audio that goes with this great Reality story. Follow on Facebook Lumen Arts Audio for updates.
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Traveling bard, Sebastian Lockwood narrates The Briton and the Dane
The Briton and the
Dane is a story of love, betrayal, intrigue and warfare taking place in a
realm of mystery and darkness, set in ninth century England when the
bloodthirsty Vikings raped and pillaged their way across the length and the
breadth of the windswept lands.
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Friday, July 3, 2015
Homer's Odyssey, presented by Sebastian Lockwood - July 12 and July 19, 2015- 3:00 p.m. - Registration required
Location:
Stephenson Memorial Library
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Greenfield, NH 03047
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Traveling bard Sebastian Lockwood narrates The Briton and the Dane - a story of intrigue, treachery and betrayal in Anglo-Saxon Britain
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Thursday, May 21, 2015
Gilgamesh! Sebastian Lockwood interviewed by Doug Holder on Poet to Poet/Writer to Writer, SCATV.
Sebastian Lockwood discusses his works with Doug Holder.
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Tuesday, May 5, 2015
The Briton and the Dane featured on AudioBookBlast
In ninth century England when bloodthirsty Vikings pillaged their way across the length and the breadth of the windswept lands, a wounded Danish Viking is secretly given succor by a young Anglo-Saxon woman who is besotted with the enemy prince. Will love overcome treachery and betrayal or cause their ruin?
The Briton and the Dane
Author: Mary Ann Bernal
Narrator: Sebastian Lockwood
Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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Friday, December 19, 2014
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King Alfred the Great has thwarted the Viking threat against his kingdom of Wessex. Signing a treaty with the formidable Danish King Guthrum, he succeeds in pushing the heathen army back to the rolling fens of East Anglia. An uneasy peace holds sway: The King establishes a standing army under Lord Richard, who takes command of the citadel at Wareham.
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014
The Epic of Gilgamesh presented by Sebastian Lockwood at the Fitzwilliam Town Library - Wed. Nov. 12, 2014 7pm
Fitzwilliam Town Library
2009 NH Library of the Year
Come hear the oldest tale of all. Two hearts together can overcome anything!
Come hear the oldest tale of all. Two hearts together can overcome anything!
Gilgamesh is the great epic of ancient Mesopotamia, one of the oldest works in western literature, contemporary with the oldest parts of the Bible. It is the story of a legendary king who achieves heroic victories with the help of the wild man Enkidu. The Gilgamesh epic, written over four thousand years ago in ancient cuneiform script, was found on broken tablets in what is today Iraq * where the cradle of civilization is believed to have developed between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers.Sebastian Lockwood brings the story of Gilgamesh and Enkidu to life as these two discover each other, leave on a great adventure to battle the monstrous giant Huwawa, where they will face Ishtar and death, and travel to see Utnapishtin (Noah) to find the answer to why we die.
Sebastian Lockwood is a poet, teacher, and storyteller who specializes in the epics: The Epic of Gilgamesh, Homer*s Odyssey, and Beowulf. He studied the classics and anthropology at Boston University and the UK*s Cambridge University. Currently, Lockwood performs far and wide, as well as teaches at several universities the techniques of storytelling and the use of poetry for artists and teachers.
Location:
Fitzwilliam, NH
We are on the town common, right next to the Town Hall.
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Sebastian Lockwood is a poet, teacher, and storyteller who specializes in the epics: The Epic of Gilgamesh, Homer*s Odyssey, and Beowulf. He studied the classics and anthropology at Boston University and the UK*s Cambridge University. Currently, Lockwood performs far and wide, as well as teaches at several universities the techniques of storytelling and the use of poetry for artists and teachers.
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We are on the town common, right next to the Town Hall.
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Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Available on iTunes - The Briton and the Dane by Mary Ann Bernal, narrated by Sebastian Lockwood
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Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
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An uneasy peace holds sway: The King establishes a standing army under Lord Richard, who takes command of the citadel at Wareham.
Richard and his army are accompanied by his daughter, Gwyneth, an impetuous and reckless young woman - at once striking, intellectually gifted, but dangerously vain and imprudent.
While Richard broods on the Viking threat, Gwyneth falls in love with an enemy prince - only to discover that she has been betrothed to a Saxon warrior twice her age.
Refusing to countenance her grim fate, she flees the fortress, but is soon kidnapped by a Viking warrior and taken to the camp of King Guthrum while Saxon search parties scour the land.
In captivity, a hostage to fortune, and the focus of political intrigue, Gwyneth is submerged in a world of expediency, betrayal, and black treachery. Slowly, she realizes the truth is suspect, nothing is what it appears and her reality cannot be trusted.
And all the time, against this background, she desires nothing more than to be reunited with her dashing Danish prince.
iTunes Purchase Link
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Audio Book Launch - The Briton and the Dane by Mary Ann Bernal, narrated by Sebastian Lockwood
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Length: 11 hrs and 30 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
King Alfred the Great has thwarted the Viking threat against his kingdom of Wessex. Signing a treaty with the formidable Danish King Guthrum, he succeeds in pushing the heathen army back to the rolling fens of East Anglia.
An uneasy peace holds sway: The King establishes a standing army under Lord Richard, who takes command of the citadel at Wareham.
Richard and his army are accompanied by his daughter, Gwyneth, an impetuous and reckless young woman - at once striking, intellectually gifted, but dangerously vain and imprudent.
While Richard broods on the Viking threat, Gwyneth falls in love with an enemy prince - only to discover that she has been betrothed to a Saxon warrior twice her age.
Refusing to countenance her grim fate, she flees the fortress, but is soon kidnapped by a Viking warrior and taken to the camp of King Guthrum while Saxon search parties scour the land.
In captivity, a hostage to fortune, and the focus of political intrigue, Gwyneth is submerged in a world of expediency, betrayal, and black treachery. Slowly, she realizes the truth is suspect, nothing is what it appears and her reality cannot be trusted.
And all the time, against this background, she desires nothing more than to be reunited with her dashing Danish prince.
Audible:
http://www.audible.com/pd/Teens/The-Briton-and-the-Dane-Second-Edition-Audiobook/B00MV8J7HQ/
Friday, August 15, 2014
The Children of the New Forest: A Storyteller's Version by Frederick Marryat (Author), Sebastian Lockwood (Narrator)
The Roundheads under Cromwell and the Cavaliers under Charles I, have fought a bloody Civil War: the defeated King has escaped south towards the New Forest.
The Parliamentry troops believe he will hide in the home of Colonel Beverly, a famous Cavalier - they surround the house believeing they will smoke him out. No King is found and they are told that they have killed the four children who were in the house - but they escape with the old forester, Jacob Armitage, who must now teach them to lose their lace, and velvet manners and behave and look like Puritans. He must also teach them how to hunt, farm and survive in the magnifiecent New Forest, first laid out by William the Conquerer. Edward, the oldest, Humphrey and their sisters, Alice and Edith will find a new life, and for Edward, new love with the Superintendents' daughter, Patience Heatherstone. Captain Marryat tells this story with loving attention to the details of living in the forest and to History where the balance between King and Parliament has changed forever.
Kindle
http://www.amazon.com/Children-New-Forest-Storytellers-Version/dp/B00GHA3D8S/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1407626891&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Children+of+the+New+Forest%3A+A+Storyteller%27s+Version+Sebastian+Lockwood
Audible
http://www.audible.com/pd/Drama-Poetry/The-Children-of-the-New-Forest-Audiobook/B00GGN1FQ8/ref=a_search_c4_1_4_srTtl?qid=1407626595&sr=1-4#publisher-summary
iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/audiobook/children-new-forest-storytellers/id739011122
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