Prince of Time by Sarah Woodbury

Prince of Time by Sarah Woodbury

This is the second book of The After Cilmeri Series.

Daughters of Time (prequel)

Footsteps in Time (Book 1)

Winds of Time (novella)

Prince of Time (Book 2)

Crossroads in Time (Book 3)

Children of Time (Book 4)

Exiles in Time

On Amazon.com

"Two teenagers are catapulted back in time to alter history and save the medieval kingdom of Wales ...

David and his man-at-arms, Ieuan, find themselves alone and on the run from a company of English soldiers who've sworn vengeance for the recent death of their king. Meanwhile, Llywelyn lays on his deathbed, wounded by a traitor's arrow. And once again, it is David and Anna, and all that they represent, that holds the key to the survival of Wales."

My Review:

This is the second book of this series. The teenagers are the daughter and son of Meg (Marged) and they have been sent back to the middle ages in Wales in this time travel book. Anna is in the Daughter of Time as well as Meg.

The book can be read on its own but I recommend the reader first read Daughter of Time. ( I found it on amazon.con as a free download).

As in the first book, the chapters have the characters telling the story. It is not confusing and the author does a good job of getting to know each character.

No sex and the basic bad language as in any medieval book. A good read for young people and those who like time travel and historical romance books.
I liked the history of Wales and descriptions of food, clothes, surroundings and so forth. .

Main Characters:

The Welsh:
David ap Llywelyn, Prince of Wales

Ieuan ap Cynan, Welsh knight

Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, Prince of Wales, David's father

Marged, Princess of Wales, David's mother

Anna, David's half sister

Mathonwy ap Rhys, Anna's husband; nephew to Llywelyn

Lili, Ieuan's sister

Aaron ben Simon, Physician; Jewish emigre to Wales

Bevyn, Welsh knight, Captain of David's guard

The Americans:

Bronwen Llywelyn, Archaeology graduate student

Elisa Shepherd, David's aunt (Marged's sister)

Christopher Shepherd, Elisa's son (David's cousin)

The English:

Edward l (deceased), King of England

Sir John de Falkes, Castellan of Carlisle Castle

Thomas Hartley, Falkes' nephew

Humphrey de Bohun, earl of Hereford

John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury

Sarah Woodbury has dedicated this book to :"My Dad".

I checked out this book from my library system.
I am giving it a 5 star because although I did not like it as much as the first book, it held my attention and gave me some historical facts.

Footsteps in Time by Sarah Woodbury

Footsteps in Time By Sarah Woodbury

This is the first book of The After Cilmeri Series.

Daughters of Time (prequel)

Footsteps in Time (Book 1)

Winds of Time (novella)

Prince of Time (Book 2)

Crossroads in Time (Book 3)

Children of Time (Book 4)

Exiles in Time

On Amazon.com

"Footsteps in Time: In December of 1282, English soldiers ambushed and murdered Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, the Prince of Wales. His death marked the end of Wales as an independent nation and the beginning of over seven hundred years under the English boot.

Footsteps in Time is the story of what might have happened had Llywelyn lived.

And what happens to the two teenagers who save him.

Prince of Time: Prince of Time, the second book in the After Cilmeri series, continues the story of David and Anna, two teenagers catapulted back in time to alter history and save the medieval kingdom of Wales. David and his man-at-arms, Ieuan, find themselves alone and on the run from a company of English soldiers who've sworn vengeance for the recent death of their king. Meanwhile, Llywelyn lays on his deathbed from a traitor's arrow. And once again, it is David and Anna, and all they represent, that holds the key to the survival of Wales."

Main Characters:

The Welsh:
David ap Llywelyn, Dafydd

Ieuan ap Cynan, Welsh knight

Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, Prince of Wales, David's father

Marged, Princess of Wales, David's mother

Anna, David's half sister

Mathonwy ap Rhys, nephew to Llywelyn

Aaron ben Simon, Physician; Jewish emigre to Wales

Bevyn, Welsh knight,

The English:

Edward l, King of England

Roger Mortimer

Edmund Mortimer

Gilbert de Clare

John Gifford

Humphrey de Bohun, Earl of Hereford

John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury

My review:

David and Anna go to medieval Wales in this time travel book. Anna was a character in Daughter of Time but David was not. In this book, David finds his father and learns of his heritage.

No sex and basic bad language in any medieval book. It is a good read for young people who want to learn some history. I know little of Welsh history and found myself going to the Net for more information.

It can be a stand alone read but I suggest the reader read Daughter of Time, the prequel. I downloaded it from amazon.com.

This book did not hold my attention as much as Daughter of Time but I still found it interesting.

Anyone interested in time travel and historical romance will find this a good book.

I am giving it a 4 star.

I got Footsteps in Time from my library system

This book is dedicated to Anna

Children of Time by Sarah Woodbury

On amazon.com:

"November 1288. Bereft of a king or rightful heir, England hurtles towards civil war for the second time in a generation. When David, Prince of Wales, and his wife, Lili, travel to London to attend the wedding of William de Bohun and Princess Joan, they have no intention of involving themselves in local politics.

But as infighting leads to murder, David and Lili find themselves at the center of a far-reaching conspiracy. Trapped between history and legend, they must decide how much they are willing to sacrifice to save not only their own country, but the people of England as well.

Meanwhile, back in Wales, Llywelyn and Meg discover that time is no barrier to either adventure or trouble ...

Children of Time, book four in the After Cilmeri series, continues the story of Llywelyn, Meg, and their children in the medieval kingdom of Wales."
Main Characters;

Main Characters:

The Welsh:
David ap Llywelyn, Dafydd, Prince of Wales

Ieuan ap Cynan, Welsh knight

Bronwen Llywelyn, an Amercian married to Ieuan

Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, King of Wales, David's father

Marged, Queen of Wales, Mother of David and Anna

Anna, David's half sister

Mathonwy ap Rhys, Anna's husband; nephew to Llywelyn

Cadell, son of Anna and Math

Bevyn, Welsh knight

Nicholas de Carew, Norman/Welsh lord

The English:

Edward l (deceased), King of England

Eleanor of England, Edward's daughter

Joan of England,Edward's daughter

Sir John de Falkes, Castellan of Carlisle Castle

Humphrey de Bohun, Regent of Hereford

William de Bohun, Humphrey's son

Maud de Bohun, Humphrey's wife

John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury

Edmund Mortimer, Lord of the March

Gilbert de Clare, Lord of the March

My review:

Children of Time is Book 4 of the After Climeri Series.

In this book, the chapters are from each of the main characters and what they feel and think. It was not confusing to go back and forth with the chapters.

King Arthur is brought into this book and I personally liked the addition.

No sex and the language is not bad. I think these books would be good reads for young people interested in history.

I think the readers should read the prequel, Daughter of Time, but each book does stand alone.

I am giving this book a 5 star because it held my interest. It is a fast read.

I got my copy to read from my library system.

Dedicated to my sister (who is nothing like Megs's sister even if they live in the same house)

 

The Ash Spear by G. R. Grove

The Ash Spear is based in medieval Britain in the 6th century, the Dark Ages, and is the third of the series.
The other books are Storyteller and Flight of the Hawk written by G. R. Grove.
Gwernin Kyarwyd is an apprentice bard, or storyteller, and this is a story of his journeys and trials. He is telling the story which begins in his seventeenth year and his second year of being an apprentice to become a harper and bard from his teacher Talhaearn Tad Awen. Talhaearn is the pencerdd (head poet) and harper to Cyndrwyn, prince of western Powys in mid-Wales.
Gwernim has a love, Rhiannedd, who is "the dark-haired delight of my heart" and she is carrying his child.
There are a number of characters in this book that have a close connections and loyalty to each other. Some other characters are Taliesin Ben Beirdd, Ieuan, Ugnach of Caer Sean and Neirin. The names are Welsh and hard to understand at first.
I had to go back and read the first chapters to get the names straight. I have not read the other two books and think they may have helped but this can be a stand alone book. I began to pull the pieces together.
The book is after the time of King Arthur and Taliesin tells the story of when he was the bard for Arthur and the final battle.
One character in the book, Neirin, is going to walk the Dark Path and needs the help of three bards. The Dark Path is a Druidic spiritual rite of passage. It is becoming a true bard. They go to the Island of Mon,
The Ash Spear was "the symbol of warfare and manhood but also stood for awen, the poet's inspiration of the bards". I had to find this on researching because somehow I missed the definition in the book.
I liked the saying after most chapters" O, my children, is a story for another day" which encourages the reader to keep reading. It was like a bard leaving you waiting.
G. R. Grove does an excellent job of descriptions and helps the reader know where the characters are and what they feel. There are emotions, pain, food, drinks, people, daily lives and worry. I really liked this book and look forward to reading her other books. I give it a five star because of the details and leaving me to want to do more research.
Go to the authors blog on treGwernin.blogspot.com to see what she is writing.