Missive #446

The second book in Tim Severin’s thrilling historical adventure series set in Saxon times.

Sigwulf, a Saxon prince who has found himself at the court of King Carolus in France, is summoned by the royal advisor.This book was written more in the style of Severin’s nonfiction travel books. It is historical fiction that was done well. A good book in a good series. A rare white elephant has been sent as a gift from the Caliph of Baghdad – and Carolus is determined to send an embassy to the Caliph bearing presents of equal prize to encourage good political relations.
Sigwulf and his companions Osric and Walo are sent on a deadly mission to search the wild northlands of Europe for the rarest of creatures for the Caliph, including a giant, lethal wild ox, elusive hunting falcons and polar bears. Every animal they capture must be white, the royal colour of Baghdad.
But it seems that someone is trying to prevent the embassy from succeeding. As they set out with their menagerie of creatures across the hot, dusty roads to the Middle East, Sigwulf finds them ambushed at every corner — Book promo @ goodreads.com

I’m slowly learning how to work with WordPress from an Android tablet. It is a lot different than working from a regular PC keyboard. The typing of text from the screen keyboard has not been that much of a problem it is the navigation that has been the most troublesome.

There have been strong winds here these past few days. The weather guesses thought there was a chance of rain last night but all we got was more wind. I think it will calm down now as it rebuilds it strength for the usual Spring winds.