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Preface
Characters in Ermentrude’s Knot
Chapter I Return to the Summer Festival. 175 CE (Gothiscanza near the Wisla [Vistula] River in current Poland, home of the Gutthiuda tribe)
Chapter II War of the Heart
Chapter III Journey North
Chapter IV Captives
Chapter V Where the Goats Roam
Chapter VI Journey to the East
Chapter VII New Plans
Chapter VIII Here to Stay and Free to Go
Chapter IX Wetlands
Chapter X Going Back
Chapter XI Treasure Seekers
Chapter XII For Love of Boats
Chapter XIII River’s End
Chapter XIV Deep Blue Freedom
Chapter XV City of Pleasure
Chapter XVI Arms So Loving
Chapter XVII Ride into Chaos
Chapter XVIII Survival
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About the Author
Since I was a young child, I always had it in my heart to be an author. My inspirations for achieving this goal were my love of history, ancestry, languages, and ancient maps. While recently researching my family’s ancestry, I discovered how Europe’s boundaries changed. I grew particularly interested in the history of Germany and Poland, since my family’s ancestry, on my mother’s side, centered around this region. When I researched the modern history of these countries, I felt as though I had only scratched the surface. Later on, I researched the earlier histories of Germany and Poland, learning more about the eastern Germanic Tribes around the fall of Rome. I studied ancient and modern maps, learning how tribes of people migrated and how languages and cultures changed throughout Europe and Asia.
My research expanded during the writing of this book about the Gothic People, or, as they called themselves, the Gutthiuda. Gleaning what little information I could find about the people who lived before and during the fall of Rome, I set to work developing a story based on my imaginings of living during those times. I didn’t want my book to be based on Roman history or on numerous wars and military details. I wanted it to be of interest to readers who wouldn’t normally select a history book. I wished my book to be based on historical facts and theories, and be entertaining, as well. I hoped that this book would give the reader a sense of the Gothic people, who were fierce in battle, yet loving to their families. I wanted to contrast the way Gothic families behaved within their society and outside their familial structure during times of conflict. The name, Goth, in the ancient language, means ‘honorable’. Yet, in many stories about the Goths, one is left with a distasteful impression of them. Ermentrude’s Knot focuses on the positive sides of Gothic life, the home life versus the fierce battles that they participated in with great success.
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