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[Swaffington]

Hengist  &  Horsa:  The  Thirst  of  the  Gods
(Book  One  in  the  Epic  Hengist  &  Horsa  Chronicles)

  
In the mid-5^th century, the English tribes, Angles, Jutes, Frīsians, Saxons and others, soon appeared on the devastated coasts of Roman-Britannia. They came from the ancient, mysterious forests of Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. With them, they brought the English language, sagas of Germanic heroes, gods of fertility and gods of war.

Based on a true story, Hengist and Horsa: The Thirst of the Gods is an epic adventure of extraordinary men and women, of invasion and conquest, of slavery, survival, war, love, the bond of brothers, of fathers and sons, of honour, valour, courage, heroism, sacrifice, kinship, betrayal and blood-feuds.

After witnessing the massacre of his people by Gēat and Danish raiders, Hengist, aged seven, must lead his younger brother south to Angeln, the famous Kingdom of the Englisc in North Germania. Growing up in a world of violence, where boys are raised as men and men are forged into legends, the two brothers quickly learn to trust only a hand-full of men. Without their father's protection, Hengist and Horsa are forced to grow up fast, learning sword-play and the arts of war, for one day they would march north into Jutlande, with the Englisc army, through the sludge and the rain, with Offa the Brave leading the way in the fight against the Norse invaders.

In an emotional, fast-paced, action-packed drama, with epic duels and descriptive battle scenes that will have your pulse racing and force the hairs on the back of your neck to stand on end, Hengist gives us a detailed account of a warrior's life, where not all battles are fought against the enemy. You are about to learn the true beginnings of a proud land known to the Gods as Ængla lande!

S. A. Swaffington

http://www.amazon.co...29307781&sr=1-2

[Swaffington]

I will be contacting agents, where I fully expect to find a publisher and have both paperbacks and e-books available within the year.

waes  hael

swaffington

[Steed]

Sounds good. I'll await the printed edition.

[Andy]

I also look forward to the printed edition though the part where in describing your story you wrote;

invasion, of slavery, racism and identity'

has me thinking 'Oh god, we're going to get PC rendition of how our Anglo Saxon ancestors were a bunch of racists to the thousands of black britons left there from Roman times'.

I can feel the bristles on the back of my neck rising already.



or most likly how our Anglo Saxon ancestors were so terrible to the poor Britons (Waelsc).

[Swaffington]

Swaffington doesn't do PC. The story revolves around H & H early years, as Jutes living with the Angles before being accepted as a fellow engliscman. By the end of the novel you will want to raise the white dragon of the englisc with pride. Again, I don't do P C I am an engliscman before being a writer.

[Andy]

Glad to hear that.  
Though I already raise the white dragon of the Englisc, much to my workmates annoyance but they dare not say anything for fear of yet another lecture from me

[Waiguurd]

Eala Swaff
I' m living in Northfriesland and here the story from Hengest and Horsa is well known. Some place names at the Frisian westcoast are called about

these two brothers. There is Horsbüll and Horshyg, Hengstnes and Hengsthyg. And in Angle there is Hingsthyg and Horshyg by Husby, here the saga

tellt, Hengest and Horsa are burried.

wanlike gröötnise
booi

[Swaffington]

Eala,  Waiguurd,

nice  to  hear  from  a  Frisian.  I'm  very  happy  that  you  have  told  me  of  these  places  named  after  hengist  and  Horsa,  as  I  wasnt  aware  of  them.  Thanks  to  you,  i  will  now  look  them  up  and  try  to  fit  them  in  my  stories,  and  mention  them  in  the  historical  notes.
I  will  look  forward  to  researching  them,  and  seeing  what  I  can  come  up  with.

Thank  you  again,

Werian  se  Angelcynn,  and  the  Frisian  homeland.

waes  hael

Swaffington

[Woden's Child]

Yes, I too look forward to the printed edition. There's nothing like owning a book and physically handling it. Electronic versions just seem a little too impermanent to me.

[Waiguurd]

Swaffington, on 11 March 2012 - 07:48 PM, said:

Eala,  Waiguurd,

nice  to  hear  from  a  Frisian.  I'm  very  happy  that  you  have  told  me  of  these  places  named  after  hengist  and  Horsa,  as  I  wasnt  aware  of  them.  Thanks  to  you,  i  will  now  look  them  up  and  try  to  fit  them  in  my  stories,  and  mention  them  in  the  historical  notes.
I  will  look  forward  to  researching  them,  and  seeing  what  I  can  come  up  with.

Thank  you  again,

Werian  se  Angelcynn,  and  the  Frisian  homeland.

waes  hael

Swaffington

Thanks mate, I forgot to tell you the Hingsthyg near Husby as soon as the Horsehyg nearby Wattschaukrug are burialmounds, the saga told here were Hengest and Horsa burried.

wes hæl
Booi