Item category 1: IJFRS

Frankia 780 AD. Sigwulf, a minor Saxon prince, is saved from execution after his family is slaughtered by the ruthless King Offa of Mercia. Thanks to his Devil's Mark, Sigwulf is exiled to the Frankish court of King Carolus, the future Charlemagne. There he survives on his wits while at the same ...

The Stalker family was as much a part of the Scottish village of Blacklaw as the colliery itself. When disaster wrecked the pit on a blustery March morning in 1875, the Stalker menfolk were killed, but the family's pride and love remained intact.

Our story begins in the year 1001 and the toddler, Thorgils Leiffson, son of Leif the Lucky and Thorgunna, arrives on the shores of Brattahlid in Greenland to be brought up in the foster care of a young woman - Gudrid. Thorgils is a rootless character of quicksilver intelligence and adaptability....