Awards

• Runner-up for HWA Crowns Award Best Historical Fiction Debut 2020
• Runner-up for The Author's Club Best Debut 2021

Overview

Young and beautiful Gytha Godwinson is the envy of England when her father Harold seizes the country's crown in early 1066. However, treachery tears her house, her family and everything she holds dear apart. Soon triumph turns to terror as an evil star appears, heralding the end of an era and a new beginning for Britain. Her family and the realm seem cursed, but even as she suffers loss, betrayal and humiliation, Gytha is determined to regain what is rightfully hers. She survives the walk through the furnace that is the conquest and goes so much further. In a stunning re-telling of 1066, international bestselling author Ellen Alpsten has created a captivating new heroine in Gytha Godwinson. Witness the demise of a cursed kingdom and the emergence of a new empire. The Last Princess bridges myth and modernity.

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'A vivid page-turner...' THE TIMES 'Makes Game of Thrones look like a Nursery Rhyme...' DAISY GOODWIN 'Woven with elegance and brio...' ADRIANA TRIGIANI 'An astonishing epic...' THE DAILY MAIL 'This should come with a health warning. Once you start reading, you cannot stop...' HANNAH ROTHSCHILD

Author Information

Ellen Alpsten was born and raised in the Kenyan highlands and holds a MSc from the IEP de Paris. She worked as a News-Anchor for Bloomberg TV London before writing fulltime. Her debut novel 'Tsarina' was widely translated and shortlisted for numerous awards. 'The Last Princess' is the first book in her new trilogy.'

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