The Coming of the Wolf

By: Elizabeth Chadwick

Narrated by: Charlotte Strevens

The long-awaited prequel to Elizabeth Chadwick's bestselling and beloved first novel The Wild Hunt

The Welsh Borders, 1069

When Ashdyke Manor is attacked, Lady Christen is forced to witness her husband's murder and the pillaging of her lands at the hands of brutal Norman invaders.

It seems the pain is finally over when Miles Le Gallois, Lord of Milnham-on-Wye, calls off the attack. But he has Christen's brother under armed guard and a deal to offer: her brother's freedom for her hand in marriage. Christen finds herself hastily married into the enemy side, with her brother swearing his vengeance on her new husband.

Miles and Christen's precarious union invites enemies from all sides and when Miles is summoned for a lengthy campaign by the King, Christen is left to watch his lands. In the midst of war, two enemies must somehow learn to trust one another if they are to survive . . .

©2020 Elizabeth Chadwick (P)2020 Hachette Audio UK

wonderful

I love Elizabeth Chadwick's work! great storytelling development of characters, can't wait to start next book

Eh…..

Very surface level in reality of trying to deal with issues like PTSD for the male protagonist and ethnic conflict/concepts of land ownership as well as the culture of violence especially against women. Imposes many modern concepts like planned out PTSD which people would have had occur at this point t in history, and test would have no understanding of their cause of the disorder they developed: all was from god’s favor or non-favor. She should stick to her repetitive pornoraphic sex scenes that are over the top and way too many for one novel. Yes sex is part of life and constantly shoving it in the readers face while trying to work out historical “placement” and context doesn’t work here.

Excellent work

I’ve been an avid fan of Elizabeth Chadwick for her work on books regarding Edward the III through the tudors. She always has a good amount of fact behind her historical fiction but enough freedom to build her deep characters around facts instead of changing face to make her story.

Wonderful Characters

I'm amazed that this book was written when the author was 15! Such a sensitive portrayal of human psychology in the characters. The book depicts a stressful world of chaos and savagery, and I found myself wondering how anyone ever felt safe. Entertaining, wonderful world buikding, and excellent narration.