The Crimson Chalice

About this book

When a party of marauding Saxons destroy her father's villa, young Roman girl Gratia, 'Tia' escapes. She comes upon the body of the heir to the chieftanship of a British tribe in the west. Baradoc, a prisoner of Phoenician traders, was sold as a slave and is also escaping the Saxons. However, after being attacked he was left for dead by his cousin, the next heir. Tia nurses him back to health, and they continue together to the safety of her uncle's villa in Aquae Sulis. Their son, Arturo, inherits his father's desire for uniting Britain against the Saxons.

Reader Profile

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· 179 pages · ≈ 3 h 19 m · Moderate

How long does it take to read The Crimson Chalice?

About ≈ 3 h 19 m — 179 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.Typical novel≈ 5 h 56 mThe Crimson Chalice~3 h 19 m

How many pages is The Crimson Chalice?

179 pages in its most-read edition.Typical novel320The Crimson Chalice179

What genre is The Crimson Chalice?

It sits on the Fiction shelves.

Is The Crimson Chalice in the public domain?

No — it is still under copyright.

Who wrote The Crimson Chalice?

Victor Canning (1911–1986).