CHARACTERS
Fictional
Udda – First owner of Uddings
Udric – son of Udda and late wife Galena
Edith – Udric’s wife, granddaughter of Thegn Algar
Odda – son of Udric + Edith
Aelfred – second son of Udric + Edith
*Aeflaed– Udric’s sister, married Coran from the Danelands
*Gerhard – Father of Galena
*Bata - Priest at Sexpenna Hanlega
Owen – slave then Steward of Uddings
Alana – Owen’s wife
Owenson – son of Owen + Alana
*Garth – new owner of forfeited Woodcutts farm
*Edwin of Wymburne – trader
Aethelflaed – Udric + Edith’s daughter married Hal
Hal – of Danish descent, a younger son of Vann marries Aethelflaed
Udda – son of Hal and Aethelflaed
Edith – daughter of Hal and Aethelflaed
*Vann of Woodcutts, Hal’s father
*Dicon, Vann’s eldest son
*Richard – neighbouring farmer
Udric – son of Brith and Aelfric of Uddings
Brith – daughter of Brithric, Keeper of Cranborne Forest
William of Chalberie
Brithricson, son of Brithric
*Serian – leader of King Edward’s guards
Wain – ox driver on Corfe lands
Emma – Wain’s daughter, marries Udric of Uddings
Young Owen, descendant of Owenson
Alfan – daughter of Udric and Emma, marries Edwin a clerk
*Cynric – King’s stableman at Kingston
*Olaf, a skilled Danish metal worker in Wimborne
Gilda - an orphan, married Thegn Aelfred of Uddings
Edward – son of Aelfred + Gilda
Wulfsiga – daughter of Aelfred + Gilda
*Thoredson, A Danish noble’s son forced to marry Wulfsiga
*Thurkil – a Danish noble
*Master Catchpole – a fisherman of Wimborne
William – ward of Wulfwen of Canford, brother of Gilda
Owenson – descendant of Steward’s of Uddings
Owain – son of Owenson, marries Aila
Eadwine – younger son of Owenson
Dai – son of Owain
Aluric – younger son of Owain of Uddings
Elida – sister of William of Hame, handfast to Aluric
After the death of King Alfred, a small town in Wessex is plunged into conflict and kinship rivalry. A royal prince flees leaving his slave behind. Udda lives in hiding but renders a service to a noble.
From slavery to owning land, the Saxon descendants of Udda are involved in murder and conflict in order to keep what is theirs.
Brutal Danish raids threaten the very existence of the family and the town; tales of brutality and cruelty lingering in the memories and sagas of the times. Each successive ruler struggles to impose his will on the people to whom survival is more important than allegiance. Love and duty collide in the brief lifetime of the Saxon people when invasion, plague and hunger are everyday hazards.
Remarkable events follow the owners of the farm, whose loyalty to their King brings riches and tragedy in equal measure.
About the Author
Brought up in Lancashire, followed by boarding school, language school in Switzerland and a secretarial course in London, Janet Seal now lives on the outskirts of Wimborne in East Dorset with her husband. Most of her time is spent writing, researching, gardening or looking after her elderly horse. She leads a U3A debating group and attends a Creative Writing course with the same organisation.
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