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Brian York

An Involuntary King: A Tale of Anglo Saxon England on April 07, 2010

By any standards, this is a good book. For a first novel, it's excellent. In many ways, this story is much more myth than historical fiction, set in a world of larger-than-life characters where love, danger, and betrayal are never more than seconds away. It manages wonderfully in giving the feel of 8th-century Britain, and combines it with an excellent plot and human characters. My biggest complaint is that some of the secondary characters really should have their own stories (Elerde in particular). There was just something fascinating about him as a character, and I would have liked (and would like) to see how his story ends.