{"product_id":"short-story-press-presents-summer-james-england-9781648911316","title":"Short Story Press Presents Summer of Saracens","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the summer of 777 AD, Charlemagne rode out to conquer the Saracens and reclaim Hispania for the Holy Roman Empire. While immortalized in the words of medieval poets, scholars, and historians, the story never told is the one of what happens when all the men leave and the village is left to run itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a story of Lady Matilda, the wife of Lord Harold, one of Charlemagne's many lieutenants. After Lord Harold departed, nearly two years ago, Matilda, her maiden Marta, and her steward Otto, had been left to maintain the affairs of their small hamlet of Doblesmark.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With resources stretched thin from the long war, rumors of plague and highwaymen besetting them, Matilda must boldly find a way to meet the needs of her people, the pressing urgency of the papacy, and most of all her own sanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccompanied by her maiden, Marta, she must deftly navigate the intricacies of managing the affairs of the folk of Doblesmark while ensuring their own survival. When will Lord Harold return?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Bandits beset the village in its sleep? And what of this strange pagan festival that will begin the rites of summer? And what will ever befall them in this ever perilous Summer of Saracens?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShort Story Press publishes short stories written by everyday writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James England\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1648911315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781648911316\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hot Methods, Inc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 48\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.25d","brand":"James England","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065778352383,"sku":"9781648911316","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_004af1f2-32c0-4bd1-973e-b8cfc39a4cc5.jpg?v=1768677211","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/short-story-press-presents-summer-james-england-9781648911316","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}