The king's shadow

Description:

After he is orphaned and has his tongue cut out in a clash with the bullying sons of a Welsh noble, Evyn is sold as a slave and serves many masters, from the gracious Lady Swan Neck to the valiant Harold Godwinson, England's last Saxon king.

subjects: Mutism,  Juvenile fiction,  History,  Orphans,  Fiction,  Reading Level-Grade 7,  Reading Level-Grade 6,  Reading Level-Grade 8,  Children's fiction,  Great britain, history, to 1066, fiction,  Orphans, fiction

People: Harold King of England (1022?-1066)

Places: Great Britain

Times: Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066