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Godfrid the Dane Medieval Mysteries Boxed Set: The Viking Prince/The Irish Bride

The Gareth & Gwen Medieval Mysteries, Book 2

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Godfrid the Dane Medieval Mysteries Boxed Set: The Viking Prince/The Irish Bride

By: Sarah Woodbury
Narrated by: Laurel Schroeder
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Join Godfrid the Dane for murder and mayhem in medieval Dublin!

Godfrid the Dane makes his first appearance in the Gareth & Gwen Medieval Mysteries in the first book, The Good Knight. He comes to Anglesey at the behest of the treacherous Prince Cadwaladr, but quickly realizes the deal he’s made is not quite what he thought, and Cadwaladr is not worthy of his allegiance. He takes it upon himself to learn the truth about what is going on in Wales and in the process encounters a young Welsh woman, Gwen, and her fiancé, Gareth, who comes to Ireland in search of her.

Godfrid and Gareth grow to respect each other, and Godfrid returns to Gwynedd in The Fallen Princess, on a quest to find the Book of Kells, which has been stolen, and again in The Lost Brother, in search of allies in his conflict with Ottar of Dublin. In both instances, he ends up aiding Gareth and Gwen in their investigations.

By 1148, when The Viking Prince opens, Godfrid’s dispute with Ottar, the King of Dublin, has reached a critical moment. Years earlier, Ottar usurped the throne of Dublin, depriving Brodar, Godfrid’s older brother, of his birthright. As the summer solstice approaches, Dublin is shocked by the murder of a prominent merchant, but only Prince Godfrid knows that the dead man was also a co-conspirator in his brother's plan to take the throne of Dublin. With death stalking his every move, Godfrid must call upon new friends and old to find the killer - and, with their help, uncover a conspiracy stretching beyond Dublin's walls to every kingdom in Ireland.

The Viking Prince is followed by The Irish Bride.

©2020 Sarah Woodbury (P)2021 Sarah Woodbury
Historical Mystery Royalty Fiction Middle Ages Crime Murder Romance Viking Irish Historical Mystery
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I am enjoying these Welsh (Irish and Danish) stories and the murder mystery element. I feel I am learning a lot about the period. The characters are well drawn and feel real. The only thing that makes me laugh is the narration as the accents seem off key at times. There are also a few narrative repetitions of phrases and mannerisms like a sound made in the back of the throat or certain hand gestures. Also, possibly too much explanation of thoughts and feelings in places; many of which are unnecessary as the author has already shown plenty.

detailed and atmospheric

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Really good adventure. Had no idea about the Danes in Ireland. thought they were mostly in the Yorkshire dales.
Got used to the narrator now. Accents bit of a mixture but coming from Liverpool I don't mind. But whose it that awful female voice at the end?

Good story!

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My wife gave up on this, but I am persevering. It feels like a good story, but much of the narration is an American actress pretending to be a Dane with an Irish accent whilst working out on a rowing machine. The delivery is rushed out in staccato bursts of four or five words. She should be ashamed of this production!

By reducing the speed to 80% I found the delivery much easier and overall quite enjoyed the character development and story in the first book. At the beginning of the second book I lost interest as the new characters, lack of narrative and dialogue focused style made it really too much effort to remain engaged.

Three volumes for the price of one? You get what you pay for!

Hard to listen to, which is a pity as the story has promise!

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