Gods Concubine (82 page)

Authors: Sara Douglass

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

VEILED HILLS
, the: the six sacred hills of ancient Britain, known in the Bronze age as Llangarlia. These sacred hills were clustered above the Llan River (
THAMES RIVER
) in the area now known as London. The six hills are: Tot Hill (where now stands Westminster); the Llandin, the most sacred of the hills (now called Parliament Hill); Pen Hill; Og’s Hill (Ludgate Hill); Mag’s Hill (Cornhill); and the White Mount (Tower Hill). The hills are intersected by three small rivers which flow into the mighty
LLAN
: the Magyl (now called the Fleet), the Ty (now the Tyburn), and the Wal (now the Walbrook).

WILLIAM
: Duke of Normandy, husband of
MATILDA
.

WITAN
: council of Saxon earls and elders.

WULFSTAN
: Bishop of Worcester and friend of
HAROLD
.

YVES
: a priest in the employ of
ALDRED
, the Archbishop of York.

About the Author

Sara Douglass was born in Penola, South Australia, and moved to Adelaide when she was seven. She spent her early working life as a nurse before completing three degrees at the University of Adelaide. After receiving a PhD in early modern English history, Sara worked as a Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at La Trobe University, Bendigo. She left University to start her own business in 2000.

Sara is the author of 11 novels, three of which have won the Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel.

Sara lives in Bendigo, Victoria.

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Book Three: StarMan

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THE WAYFARER REDEMPTION
Book One: Sinner
Book Two: Pilgrim
Book Three: Crusader

THE CRUCIBLE
Book One: The Nameless Day
Book Two: The Wounded Hawk
Book Three: The Crippled Angel

THE TROY GAME
Book One: Hades’ Daughter

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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:

Douglass, Sara.

God’s concubine.

ISBN 0 7322 7163 0 (pbk).

ISBN 978 0 7304 4466 4 (ePub)

1. Brutus the Trojan (Legendary character) – Fiction.