num_pages: 576
description: When a comet appears in the sky over England in 1066, Ailith, a young Saxon wife, feels sure that it can only bode well, in spite of her husband's fears. With a child on its way, the couple are prosperous and content. Yet, within a year, Ailith's joy turns to heartache as her husband and her child are taken from her and the conquering Normans advance.Ailith's grief turns to love for a brief period with Rolf de Brize, a handsome and womanising Norman invader. She bears him one daughter, but in the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings she discovers a betrayal she cannot forgive . . .Years later, the spirited and strong-willed Julitta is determined to find happiness, and yet her life has been filled with from surviving life in a brothel in Southwark to suffering the pain of a forbidden love and a bitter, loveless marriage. Her quest takes her on a Pilgrimage to Compostella to a colourful horse fair in Bordeaux, to the terrors of piracy on the open sea.
language: English
title: The Conquest
titlecomplete: The Conquest
genres: Fiction, Historical, France, British Literature, Romance, Medieval, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Anglo Saxon, 11th Century
ratings_count: 1630
publisher: Time Warner