# Swordland

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- Book: [Swordland](https://www.bookquiver.com/edward-ruadh-butler/swordland) ([Swordland.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/edward-ruadh-butler/swordland.md))
- Authors: [Edward Ruadh Butler](https://www.bookquiver.com/edward-ruadh-butler)
- Publisher: headline_accent
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-17-8375-272-0
- Published: 2015-05-05
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

A tale of war, death, lust, and scheming, set in the starkly beautiful landscapes of medieval Ireland and Wales. Robert FitzStephen is a warrior down on his luck. Arrogant, cold, but a brilliant soldier, FitzStephen commands a castle - yet although his mother was a princess , his father was a lowly steward. When a Welsh rebellion brings defeat and a crippling siege, his highborn comrades scorn him, betraying him to the enemy. A hostage of his cousin, Prince Rhys, FitzStephen is disgraced, seemingly doomed to a life of obscurity and shame. Then King Diarmait arrives . . . Diarmait is the ambitious overlord of an Irish kingdom. Forced to flee by the High King of Ireland, he seeks to reclaim his lands by any means possible - and that includes inviting the Normans in. With nothing left to lose - and perhaps a great deal to gain - FitzStephen agrees to lead the Irishman's armies, and to drive Diarmait's enemies from his kingdom. His price? Acceptance, perhaps . . . or perhaps a kingdom of his own? Butler's debut novel, Swordland is a powerful, impeccably researched story of medieval Celtic life, of the loves, losses, and hatreds of some of the most important figures in Irish and British history.