The king's shadow
By: Elizabeth Alder
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780374341824
Subjects: Mutism; Juvenile fiction; History; Orphans; Fiction
Other titles: Anglo-Saxon chronicle.
Description: After he is orphaned and has his tongue cut out in a clash with the bullying sons of a Welsh noble, Evyn is sold as a slave and serves many masters, from the gracious Lady Swan Neck to the valiant Harold Godwinson, England's last Saxon king.
Notes: Based on the Anglo-Saxon chronicle.