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    The Swan-Daughter

    By Carol McGrath

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    The Swan Daughter is a true 11th C 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 Alain 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 Alain an enduring love or has she made a mistake?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAccent Press
    Release dateAug 14, 2015
    ISBN9781681461489
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    • 4/5
      This is the second novel in the author's The Daughters of Hastings trilogy, and follows the life of Edith Swanneck's daughter Gunnhild, and her elopement from Wilton Abbey and life with Alan the Red of Britanny. The book is well researched and follows a theory supported by some historians about how their lives interconnected. The author's note at the end explained this very usefully - prior to reading this, I admit I had thought that much of the plot was romantic invention. The story is engagingly told and well written, though fewer set piece events happen than in The Handfasted Wife. I look forward to the final book in the trilogy that concerns another of Edith Swanneck's other daughter who married a Russian prince.