Young and beautiful Gytha Godwinson is the envy of England when her father Harold seizes the country’s crown in early 1066. But soon, triumph turns to terror as an evil star appears, heralding the end of an era and a new beginning for Britain. Her family and the country seem cursed. Yet even as she suffers loss, betrayal and humiliation, Gytha is determined to regain what is rightfully hers.

In a stunning re-telling of 1066, international bestselling author Ellen Alpsten has created a captivating new heroine in Gytha Godwinson: 'The Last Princess' is a bridge between myth and modernity. In a time when women were perceived as cup-bearers, peace-weavers and memory-keepers, Gytha dares the unprecedented: she writes world history. From the ashes of her father's cursed kingdom, she forges an Empire of her own...