Flint

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A haunting tale from a dark period in Britain’s colourful history. Will and his brother Ned are on the long march from the Fens to North Wales, commandeered into the army of ditch- diggers heading west towards Flint, to prepare the foundations of Edward I’s new castle. The lads are nervous, and rightly so, for not only is Ned a mute, whose abilities as a horse-whisperer and herbalist make him suspicious in the eyes of their English overseers, but they have been close to the enemy. Ned had been secretly taking lessons in music from Ieuan ap y Gof, an exiled bard, not long before the ‘recruiters’ came. The boys find themselves besieged on all sides – unsure of their own allegiances and in danger of being thought traitors. Finding Ieuan and saving Ned tests Will to his limits. Finally, when all appears lost, he learns that love is sometimes harder to understand than death itself… Show more