Eadric the Grasper: Sons of Mercia: 1

Product Information

However the Anglo Saxon Chronicle states that his brother was Brihtric (aka "Beorhtric"), and Wulfnoth Cild was Brihtric's nephew.

Eadric is reported to have accompanied Æthelred's wife, Queen Emma, in crossing the channel to gain refuge in her native Normandy, they were followed by Æthelred in January 1014. Teenage swineherd Eadric has no aim in life other than wooing scullery maids, but he has a quick wit that somehow lands him an audience with King Ethelred the Unready, and a silver tongue that thoughtlessly precipitates a massacre of troublesome Danish Viking immigrants. Eadric pulled back his yellow curls and tied them behind his neck, eager to feel a breeze on his sweat-sodden throat.

whether he was bragging about being involved in Edmund’s death, or complaining about his ‘lack of reward’ is debateable, but, so the story goes, Canute told Earl Erik to give ‘him what he is due’ and was promptly strangled. Based on real people and events, this debut novel follows Lale Sokolov, a young Slovakian Jew sent to Auschwitz in 1942. She lived and worked in Los Angeles for five years before deciding to leave Hollywood and pursue her passion of writing prose and novels.

This blood feud happened between the years 1016 and 1073 oblivious of events happening in Southern England. He is generally considered an archtraitor in the struggle between the English and the Danes for sovereignty over England. Earl Eadric then goes with King Ethelred, who is sick and dying, to Wiltshire where Eadric raises an army. Eadric Streona was an Ealdorman of Mercia, he was given the epithet "Streona", which is translated as "The Acquisitive" because he appropriated church land and funds for himself.In the case of Eadric the Chronicler shows foreknowledge of events by writing in the entry for 1009 “ But the plan was then frustrated through Earl Eadric, as it ever is still”. It is simplistic, but good in that Woods explains roles and terms while telling her story without detracting from it. There is no evidence that Eadric’s father, Ethelric, held any titles or contributed to the court in any significant way.