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| | The Edge on the Sword |
 | | When danger threatens her family, ¦thelflµd, King Alfred's eldest daughter, finds herself unexpectedly betrothed to her father's ally and Red, a bodyguard, teaches her how to fight like a man, in a powerful account that recreates the courageous heroine of Old English medieval history. |
 | | She also acquires a personal guardian called Red, an envoy sent by Ethelred to protect her from enemies who might want to prevent the alliance. |
 | | Resentful, she tests Red to the hilt, even giving him the slip once, only to end up in grave danger from which he rescues her. |
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