A captivating historical fiction novel about Edith of Wessex, queen, diplomat, and peacemaker who helped shape medieval England’s future.
Edith of Wessex was queen, political advisor, and diplomat to her husband King Edward the Confessor. Yet history remembers King Edward more than her.
The Confessor’s Wife tells the story of Edith, an early medieval woman who had to navigate the dangerous political corridors of Eleventh-Century England where loyalties continually changed and no one was safe.
Balancing duty to her husband and support of her powerful family, Edith’s intelligence and influence made her one of the most formidable women of of the Anglo-Saxon period.
Facts About Edith and The Confessor’s Wife
The crown Edith of Wessex wears on the cover of The Confessor’s Wife is a copy of the actual one worn by the real Edith, shown on an 11th century manuscript!
Edith of Wessex is considered by many historians to be the ‘author’ of the Bayeux Tapestry.
Edith of Wessex was educated at Wilton Abbey. She spoke several languages & studied grammar, mathematics, rhetoric, weaving, and embroidery, among other things.
When the Domesday Book was compiled, Edith of Wessex was one of the richest people in England.
In The Confessor’s Wife, King Edward’s death scene was based directly on the scene from the Bayeux Tapestry. Edith of Wessex is one of only 3 women depicted in the tapestry.
In The Confessor’s Wife I describe a pendant Edith of Wessex receives from her brother. I used my own pendant as a basis for the description, one I got in my travels in Eastern Europe.
In 1066 Haley’s comet was seen in the skies above London. It’s even depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry. And I included it in The Confessor’s Wife!
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