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One King's Way
The Hammer and The Cross, book 2
Harry Harrison
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
CONTENTS
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter One
Frozen in the hard grip of the worst winter in memory, all of England lay under a frigid
mantle of snow. The great river Thames was covered with ice from bank to bank. The road
leading west to Winchester was a flint- hard, filthy track of frozen hoofprints and caked
manure. The horses slipped on the ice, snorting out steaming vapors. Their riders, huddled
and chilled, looked up at the dark walls of the great Minster and spurred their tired mounts
with little result.
This was the 21st of March of the year of our Lord's Incarnation 867, and a day of
greatest portent. A royal union was taking place today. Filling the pews were the military
aristocracy of Wessex, every alderman, thane, and high-reeve who could possibly be
squeezed within the stone walls, gaping and sweating, a low mutter of explanation and
translation continually rising from them, watching intently as the whole elaborate ritual of
coronation of a Christian king unrolled its stately dance.