Housecarl

Aelfraed, Book 1

By: Griff Hosker

Narrated by: Saul Reichlin

From the ashes of Saxon England rises a hero for the ages.

Book One in the Aelfraed Trilogy

Set in the years before the Battle of Hastings, the story follows the trials and tribulations of Aelfraed, a young boy who aspires to be a warrior. When his uncle, Aethelward, takes him to join the warriors of Harold Godwinson, his life is irrevocably changed. Fighting the Welsh brings him great honour and when he saves the life of Edward the Confessor, he becomes a man of great reputation. The novel culminates in the battle of Stamford Bridge when the Housecarls defeated the last of the Vikings, Harald Hadrada.

©2016 Griff Hosker (P)2022 W. F. Howes Ltd

Book Chop

The three books are not three but one medium book choped into three parts to cost the listiners 3x the money for a ok at best , story ..the return-a-book has been tweeked as to make the return harder, the list of books no longer show returnable books as when i started about six years ago,,it seams the books are getting shorter for the cost, the smell of money must be strong ,,

Outstanding, Beautiful and Bloody! What’s not to love!

The book is amazing, but it was the narrator that made me fall in love with the characters!!! The author is skillful at telling a war story but the author also wrote a beautiful and tender story of a boy becoming a great warrior. A MUST LISTEN.

I liked it

Going to enjoy this series. Hope each books is as good as book one ! Go for it

Poor prose

Very little in the way of expressive or creative writing even the when the narrative is sound.

Not great.

Griff Hosker isn’t a bad writer but my main complaint is I can tell he’s more familiar with Europe around 1300 a.d. The language and terms he uses makes me forget I’m listening to a book about saxons. If I didn’t know better I’d say I’m listening to a story about a Norman or French knight. Idk, just not for me