Flint Margaret Redfern All books by Margaret Redfern
£6.99 BUY THIS BOOK Will and his brother Ned are on the long march from the Fens to North Wales, commandeered into the army of ditch-diggers heading west towards Flint, where they will be preparing the ground for the foundations of Edward 1's new castle. They are nervous and rightly so – for not only is Ned a mute, whose abilities as a horse-whisperer and herbalist make him suspicious in the eyes of their English overseers, but they have been close to the enemy. Ned had been secretly taking lessons in music from Ieuan ap y Gof, an exiled bard, when the Welshman disappeared one night without warning not long before Edward's officers came 'recruiting'.
The boys find themselves a long way from home, virtually friendless and then captured by the 'enemy', suspected of treason and near killed before they are able to escape. Finally, when all appears lost, Will learns that love is sometimes harder to understand and to come to terms with than death itself…
"Its particular strength is the poetry of the language and the way it draws the reader into a stark, beautiful, dangerous mediaeval world, so rounded out and tactile that I believed I was there. It's a wonderful, miniature gem of a novel. The reader will need to concentrate as the novel does flick about in time, but once absorbed into the rhythm, it's a highly rewarding, skilled piece of writing. One for my keeper shelf." Historical Novel Society
"Flint is a novel you can read for the sheer joy of reading—and that is the highest praise I can give to any writer. " Lacuna – A Journal of Historical Fiction
"Emotionally resonant, and considerably deeper than its short length might suggest, Flint celebrates the power of song and story to help us remember people and places that might otherwise be forgotten. Highly recommended." Reading the Past
'"fiction stamped with authenticity on every page, an original novel from a mature and imaginative writer"' Steve Dube, Western Mail
'delightful, erudite and gripping' Christine Willison, Pembrokeshire Country Arts Officer
ISBN: 9781906784041 Language: English Category: Novels Fiction Historical First published by Honno in : June 2009
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