03-30-2013, 08:37 PM
I'm introducing Forging the Blade here on RAT. It's the first novel ever written about the Goths. And it gave me a chance to introduce Fritigern as a disenfranchised young man caught between pagan tradition and a foreign religion. We see him interacting with Athanaric (his nemesis) and Junius Soranus (who would become his friend).
Surprisingly, the story is pre-Arthurian... based upon passages from the Libre Llandavensis and the research of Prof. John Morris, the first acedemic to notice that, "Tewdrig ap Theithfallt" was a Welsh version of, "Theodoric, son of Thiudebalth." While Fritigern is the male protagonist, his equal is the young woman, Thulia. :cheer:
If anyone is interested, I can answer any questions you might have. The novel is available on Amazon; and here are the front and back covers:
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Surprisingly, the story is pre-Arthurian... based upon passages from the Libre Llandavensis and the research of Prof. John Morris, the first acedemic to notice that, "Tewdrig ap Theithfallt" was a Welsh version of, "Theodoric, son of Thiudebalth." While Fritigern is the male protagonist, his equal is the young woman, Thulia. :cheer:
If anyone is interested, I can answer any questions you might have. The novel is available on Amazon; and here are the front and back covers:
[attachment=6863]FtB_Cover3_copy_2013-03-30.jpg[/attachment]
[attachment=6864]FtB_BookCoverBack.jpg[/attachment]
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
