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|reviewer=Ani Johnson
|genre=Historical Fiction
|summary=A tale of a naïve monk, good baddies, bad goodies and those stuck between, steeped in 10th -century atmosphere, adventure and historical accuracy. Prose paradise on a stick!
|rating=5
|buy=Yes
|isbn=978-0091947231
|website=http://www.vmwhitworth.co.uk
|cover=0091947235
|aznuk=0091947235
After coming across the world of Wulfgar, I'd love a return to the custom of naming people according to characteristics. Wulfgar is also known as Wulfgar Softhands for instance, and doesn't 'Polecat' (in the case of his half-brother) or a thug called Hakan the Toad summon a picture? Indeed, names tumble from the author's pen in bulk but don't worry: as you can imagine, they become memorable without effort on our part.
As you can tell by the '1' in the book's title, the good news is that VM Whitworth has promised us more Wulfgar. So, as they never said in the 10th century, [[The Traitors' Pit: (Wulfgar 2) by V M Whitworth|watch this space]].
If you’ve enjoyed this and would like to read more fiction that bookends this era, we recommend [[The King's Daughter by Penny Ingham]] timed during the Viking invasions and the 11th century epic [[Hawk Quest by Robert Lyndon]].
