{"product_id":"the-good-king-a-medieval-thriller-paperback","title":"The Good King: A Medieval Thriller - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorge Wb Scott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis history-based tale behind the legend of Good King Wenceslas is a thrilling journey through 10th-century Bohemia. Wenceslas devoted his life to charity-but this is no happy Christmas fable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuke Boleslav, brother to Wenceslas, reveals to his young son his own life's dreadful tale, and why this boy must dedicate his life to his father's salvation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePagan priests vie with one another and with the growing power of Christianity. Prague is a trading center with an important slave market, a thriving iron industry, and is a crossroads of far-reaching trade routes. It is growing in wealth, yet threatened by jealous enemies and forces, both external and within its borders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese are times of struggle and competition. The Franks seek domination through military and religious power, and smaller peoples are conquered or forced to find a way to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis chilling new story of a dark age paints a tale of murder, betrayal, loyalty and mankind's need for spirituality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory and this writer's imagination take Boleslav through a world of cruel despair and hope as the duke's power-driven mother coerces him to commit the unthinkable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 178\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.41 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51777178501408,"sku":"9781685133580","price":20.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b97598750158fda52db059b286645d54.webp?v=1780493534","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-good-king-a-medieval-thriller-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}