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  • The Confessor's Wife

  • By: Kelly Evans
  • Narrated by: Deryn Oliver
  • Length: 11 hrs and 52 mins
  • 4.0 out of 5 stars (2 ratings)

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By: Kelly Evans
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Summary

In the 11th Century, when barren wives are customarily cast aside, how does Edith of Wessex not only manage to stay married to King Edward the Confessor but also become his closest advisor, promote her family to the highest offices in the land, and help raise her brother to the throne? And why is her story only told in the footnotes of Edward’s history?

Not everyone approves of Edward’s choice of bride. Even the king’s mother, Emma of Normandy, detests her daughter-in-law, and Edith is soon on the receiving end of her displeasure. Balancing her sense of family obligation with her duty to her husband, Edith must also prove herself to her detractors.

Edward and Edith’s relationship is respectful and caring, but when Edith’s enemies engineer her family’s fall from grace, the king is forced to send her away. She vows to do anything to protect her family’s interests at any cost, if she returns. Can Edith navigate the dangerous path fate has set her while still remaining loyal to both her husband and her family?
©2019 Kelly Evans (P)2019 Kelly Evans
Fiction Medieval Marriage King Royalty
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Good story, brilliant narration, poor audio quality with intermittent irritating hissing sound in the background.

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