MJ Porter – Betrayal Of Mercia

Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources and Boldwood Books for the gifted ebook to take part in the book tour. This is my honest review.

A King in crisis, a Queen on trial, a Kingdom’s survival hangs in the balance.

Londonia, AD835

The deadly conspiracy against the children of Ealdorman Coenwulf is to be resolved. Those involved have been unmasked and arrested. But will justice prevail?
While the court convenes to determine the conspirator’s fate, King Wiglaf’s position is precarious. His wife, Queen Cynethryth, has been implicated in the plot and while Wiglaf must remain impartial, enemies of the Mercia still conspire to prevent the full truth from ever being known.
As Merica weeps from the betrayal of those close to the King, the greedy eyes of Lord Æthelwulf, King Ecgberht of Wessex’s son, pivot once more towards Mercia. He will stop at nothing to accomplish his goal of ending Mercia’s ruling bloodline.
Mercia once more stands poised to be invaded, but this time not by the Viking raiders the so fear.
Can Icel and his fellow warriors’ triumph as Mercia once more faces betrayal from within?

The 7th instalment in The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles, Betrayal of Mercia, is as rich and vivid as the previous books. MJ Porter can bring the past alive so easily with her storytelling.

Icel has done as he swore he would and protected the children of Ealdorman Conewulf. It is now time to bring the perpetrators to justice. Will justice be served? Or will they manage to evade it as only the wicked can?

As soon as I started reading, I was immediately swept back in time. I do love time travelling from my couch! MJ Porter brings the scenes to life in my head without fail. The battles are depicted as they should be bloody and brutal. The characters feel that real they can spring from the pages. The historical detail always makes me wonder where the fiction stops and the facts begin, It IS that well told!

I was so pleased to return to Icel and discover what was next for him. Again, this is another enthralling and immersive historical novel that I couldn’t put down.

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Author Bio

MJ Porter is the author of many historical novels set predominantly in Seventh to Eleventh-Century England, and in Viking Age Denmark. They were raised in the shadow of a building that they believed housed the bones of long-dead Kings of Mercia – so their writing destiny was set. The first novel in their new Anglo-Saxon series for Boldwood Son of Mercia was published in February 2022.

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