Far Traveler

After the death of her mother, Aethelflaed of Mercia, seventeen-year-old Aelfwyn flees imprisonment by her uncle King Edward and, in the guise of a youthful bard, plays her part in the resolution of the tangled political enmities of tenth century Britain. After the death of her mother, seventeen-year-old Aelfwyn flees imprisonment by her uncle King Edward and, in the guise of a bard, plays her part in the resolution of the tangled political enmities of tenth-century Britain.