The King's Hounds
Language: English
Published by Amazon Crossing, Seattle, Washington, 2013
Series: Book 1 of 3 - The King's Hounds
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English translation from Danish for this copy by Tara Chace. The year is 1018 and the war with England is finally over, but the unified kingdom ruled by Cnut of Denmark is far from peaceful. Halfdan has lost everything to the war but his sense of humor. Once a proud nobleman, now he wanders the country aimlessly powered only by his considerable charm and some petty theft. When he finds an unlikely ally in Winston, a bookish former monk, the two set out together for Oxford, the seat of the new king. The pair's arrival in court coincides with news of a murder, and Cnut has an idea only a king could get away with: Why not enlist Halfdan and Winston--the Danish womanizer and the upright Saxon intellectual--to define a politically explosive situation. They're given just two days to solve the murder and they set off to uncover the truth, on the order of the king and with the reluctant assistance of the agitated townspeople. This was a library book. There is a library label on the front cover (see picture). There is a library label on the cover spine (see picture). The first page has a library stamp (see picture). The book is clean and the pages have no markings or highlighting.…
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- Title
- The King's Hounds
- Author
- Jensen, Martin
- Publisher
- Amazon Crossing, Seattle, Washington
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- Near fine
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1477807268
- ISBN 13
- 9781477807262
- Illustrator
- Edward Bettison
- Item weight
- 11.852 ounces
- Dimensions
- 2.54 centimeters width by 13.97 centimeters height by 20.96 centimeters depth
- Series
- Book 1 of 3: The King's Hounds
- Seller catalogs
- History
The first in the bestselling Danish series of historical mysteries.
The newly crowned King Cnut of Denmark has conquered England and rules his new empire from Oxford. The year is 1018 and the war is finally over, but the unified kingdom is far from peaceful.
Halfdan’s mixed lineage―half Danish, half Saxon―has made him a pauper in the new kingdom. His father, his brother, and the land he should have inherited were all taken by the new king’s men. He lost everything to the war but his sense of humor. Once a proud nobleman, Halfdan now wanders the country aimlessly, powered only by his considerable charm and some petty theft. When he finds an unlikely ally in Winston, a former monk, he sees no reason not to accept his strange invitation to travel together to Oxford. Winston has been commissioned to paint a portrait of the king at the invitation of his new wife, and the protection of a clever man like Halfdan is well worth its price in wine and bread.
But when the pair’s arrival in court coincides with news of a murder, the king has a brilliant idea: Why not enlist the newly arrived womanizing half-Dane and the Saxon intellectual to defuse a politically explosive situation? The pair represents both sides of the conflict and seem to have crime-solving skills to boot. In their search for the killer, Halfdan and Winston find seduction, adventure, and scandal in the wild early days of Cnut’s rule.
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About the Author
Bestselling Danish novelist Martin Jensen was born in 1946 into a working-class family and worked as a teacher and a headmaster in Sweden and Denmark before becoming a full-time author in 1996. He and his wife collect mushrooms, enjoy bird watching, and are botany enthusiasts. Martin Jensen is the author of twenty-one novels. The King’s Hounds is his first title to be published in English.
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