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Aethelgifu

Aethelgifu

£7.00

An imagined story, based on facts handed down through the ages, about the first Abbess of Shaftesbury Abbey.

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In the ninth century the teenage daughter of King Alfred the Great and Ealhswith, has an awesome destiny.  She is to become the first abbess of Shaftesbury Abbey which was founded on a Wessex hilltop for safety from the Vikings.

It’s no easy feat and problems arise, including robbery and murder, with which the community’s young leader must contend.

In this imagined story of a young woman with a daunting mission, local author Deborah M Jones explores the life of a timid young woman of religion, coming of age in a world of warriors and warfare.

 

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