Plucked from English medieval history, Wild Field is the thrilling story of Gytha of Wessex and her marriage to Prince Vladimir in Kyiv (now Ukraine). Gytha is 13 years old when her father King Harold of England dies at the Battle of Hastings in 1066AD. Her adored mother Edith ‘Swan-neck’, crazed with grief, is lost to her. She and her brothers have to escape William the Conqueror.

In this lyrical and researched tale of true love and real evil, Gytha travels west to Exeter. Betrothed to a painted Celt Prince, she flees to Denmark. But with no dowry, no parents and no country to call home, she is bartered to a bride-trader and taken to the farthest edge of Christendom to wed Vladimir, a young prince, only to find he is promised to another girl.

You will love her companions Wulfwyn, Pig-Boy and the scented Swetesot, fear and admire the handsome river prince Vladimir, hate Oleg and the Cold Trader and all those with dark hearts who seek to harm Gytha. ‘Behold the Wild Field, where the sky neither ends nor the earth begins, where a million flowers bloom and riders steer by heaven’s unweary stars.’