Read Gods Concubine Online

Authors: Sara Douglass

Tags: #General, #Fiction, #Historical, #Fantasy, #Great Britain, #Epic, #Labyrinths, #Troy (Extinct city), #Brutus the Trojan (Legendary character)

Gods Concubine

For all those who over the years have enjoyed WolfStar’s lamppost subterfuge—my apologies. I tried, I really, really tried, but when all is said and done, there is no place in Anglo-Saxon England for subversive lampposts.

Table of Contents

Cover Page

Dedication

Map

Part One

Standing on the banks of the Thames …
London, March 1939
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven

Part Two

As in days of old, …
London, March 1939
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen

Part Three

It is an opinion generally received, …
London, March 1939
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve

Part Four

“Pay me my fare, …
London, March 1939
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten

Part Five

Don’t jump on the cracks, …
London, March 1939
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen

Part Six

With Edward’s gentle piety was blended …
London, March 1939
One
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen

Part Seven

Among the school-boys in my memory …
London, March 1939
One
Two
Three
Four
Fiv
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Eleven
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
Sixteen
Seventeen
Eighteen
Nineteen
Twenty
Twenty-One
Twenty-Two
Twenty-Three
Twenty-Four

Epilogue

Glossary

About The Author

Also By Sara Douglass

Copyright

About the Publisher

Map

Part One

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Standing on the banks of the Thames …

Standing on the banks of the Thames on his arrival into Britain, Brutus said:

“I will here, our kind to enjoy,
A city for the love of Troy,
For Troy was so noble a city,
Troia Nova the name shall be…”
Then came a king, Lud was his name,
And made a gate in the walls of the same,
Caer Lud the name became…
When Saxons came that name was strange,
Their own speech they did prefer,
They called the city Luden or London
And the name soon became
London in the Saxon tongue.

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