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The Bastard of Colonia is the first historical novel in T.J.S Hayes' The Song of the Francs, published in 2021. The novel tells the story of the earliest years of the life of Charles Martel, the son of Pepin of Herstal and the grandfather of Charlemagne.

Plot summary
Decades before he becomes the greatest general of his generation and the saviour of his people, Charles is merely a child. He is the last and least of the bastard sons of Pepin of Herstal, Duke of the Francs, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, and the most powerful nobleman in Western Christendom. Taken from his mother Elfida’s arms and the idyll of innocence in which he was raised, the child must find his place in the great city of Colonia, where his estranged father rules alongside his legitimate wife. Under the tutelage of his kinsman, Father Leuwin, Charles must learn to navigate the perilous relations among his extended family, including with his cousin, Clovis IV, nominally King of the Francs. But Clovis does not intend to be Pepin’s puppet-king for long… The Bastard of Colonia is the first epic adventure of the boy who would one day become the greatest of all the Francs, and whose name rulers would take for a millennium to follow.

Category:2021 novels Category:Novels set in the 7th century Category:Novels set in the 8th century Category:Novels set in the Middle Ages