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January 1067. When Odo of Bayeux decides to commission a wall
hanging to celebrate his role in the conquest of Britain by his brother,
William, Duke of Normandy, he cannot anticipate how this will change his
life even more than the invasion itself. As his life becomes entangled with
those of the women who embroider the hanging, he comes into conflict with
his king and his God. Friends and family become enemies, enemies become
lovers, nothing in life or in the hanging is what it seems.
A powerful tale of sex, lies and embroidery, The Needle in the Blood,
challenges the stereotypes of Norman and Anglo Saxon, exploring the effects
of occupation on both sides and all classes of society. It also examines
how women can make lives for themselves in the margins of patriarchal
societies. Its characters are brought together through the making of the
Bayeux Tapestry, one of the best known, yet most enigmatic, of mediaeval
artefacts.
Synopsis
It is January 1067. Charismatic bishop Odo of Bayeux decides to commission a wall hanging, on a scale never seen before, to celebrate his role in the conquest of Britain by his brother, William, Duke of Normandy. What he cannot anticipate is how utterly this will change his life - even more than the invasion itself. His life becomes entangled with the women who embroider his hanging, especially Gytha - handmaiden to the fallen Saxon queen and his sworn enemy. But against their intensions they fall helplessly in love; in doing so Odo comes into conflict with his king and his God and Gytha with Odo's enemies, who mistrust her hold over such a powerful man. Friends and family become enemies, enemies become lovers; nothing in life or in the hanging is what it seems. "The Needle in the Blood" is a powerful tale of sex, lies and embroidery.
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