Drawing on Bede and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Frank Cowper tells the story of the seventh-century Isle of Wight, still pagan under its own king Arwald, when the West Saxon adventurer Cædwalla set out to conquer it. Feasts, councils, sea raids and battles are seen through young Saxon nobles caught between old loyalties and the coming of Christianity.
A carefully researched historical adventure for young readers, by an author who knew the island’s coasts as a yachtsman. Download the free EPUB.