About Hygelac

Remember Hygelac? He was king of the Gaets, a huge man whom no horse could carry. The Franks killed him when he was raiding the lands along the river Rhine. His bones were kept on an island in the river, near the sea, and were shown to all kinds of travellers. In this tale some strange tourists meet on the island to behold the bones. Prince Radigis and the Anglo-Saxon queen Ethelreda, the mysterious twins Ginebra and Fionan, white as chalk, Amplissimus the missionary and his servant Madeh: they all have their reasons for coming here, some very weird indeed. And then there is the indigenous clan of the Pike-snouts… Will the keeper of the bones succeed in keeping the peace and preserve the precious bones?

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About Hygelac

Remember Hygelac? He was king of the Gaets, a huge man whom no horse could carry. The Franks killed him when he was raiding the lands along the river Rhine. His bones were kept on an island in the river, near the sea, and were shown to all kinds of travellers. In this tale some strange tourists meet on the island to behold the bones. Prince Radigis and the Anglo-Saxon queen Ethelreda, the mysterious twins Ginebra and Fionan, white as chalk, Amplissimus the missionary and his servant Madeh: they all have their reasons for coming here, some very weird indeed. And then there is the indigenous clan of the Pike-snouts… Will the keeper of the bones succeed in keeping the peace and preserve the precious bones?

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About Hygelac

About Hygelac

by Jan J.B. Kuipers
About Hygelac

About Hygelac

by Jan J.B. Kuipers

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Remember Hygelac? He was king of the Gaets, a huge man whom no horse could carry. The Franks killed him when he was raiding the lands along the river Rhine. His bones were kept on an island in the river, near the sea, and were shown to all kinds of travellers. In this tale some strange tourists meet on the island to behold the bones. Prince Radigis and the Anglo-Saxon queen Ethelreda, the mysterious twins Ginebra and Fionan, white as chalk, Amplissimus the missionary and his servant Madeh: they all have their reasons for coming here, some very weird indeed. And then there is the indigenous clan of the Pike-snouts… Will the keeper of the bones succeed in keeping the peace and preserve the precious bones?


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BN ID: 2940155123873
Publisher: Jan J.B. Kuipers
Publication date: 01/31/2018
Sold by: Smashwords
Format: eBook
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About the Author

JAN J.B. KUIPERS (Zaamslag 1953) is een ‘multi-genreauteur’. Hij publiceerde tegen de zeventig (papieren) boeken en honderden bijdragen op het gebied van geschiedenis, archeologie, letteren, SF & fantasy, thrillers en jeugdliteratuur. In 2005/2006 was hij stadsdichter van Middelburg. Prijzen: King Kong Award (1983 [met Gert P. Kuipers] en 1987), Millennium Award (1997), Zeeuwse Boekenprijs (2005), Gorcumse Literatuurprijs 2004-2005. Hij was/is redacteur of medewerker van o.m. Ballustrada, Archeologie Magazine, Zeeuws Erfgoed, Zeeuws Tijdschrift. De laatste jaren publiceert hij ook publieksbiografieën: Der Kaiser! (2015), Willem III. De weerspannige koning (2017), Willem van Oranje (in voorbereiding), alle bij Walburg Pers. JAN J.B. KUIPERS is a prolific writer of fiction and non-fiction. His writings include literature for adults and children, poetry, works on history and archaeology, the Dutch province of Zeeland, pop music and pop culture, essays, thrillers, science fiction and fantasy. He won several awards for fiction and non-fiction. His 68 published books are all in the Dutch language; some stories, articles and poems were translated in English, German, French and Rumanian.

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