The Pendant Cross

“What sort of place is Romney Marsh?” the monk asked. The words didn't come easily: his lips only knew prayer, his tongue only knew to move in the gentle rhythm of the psalms.
“There's nothing to speak of,” Brother Halig replied. “It is as bleak as one could imagine and will serve our purpose well.”

The year is 680AD and areas of dry land are rising from the marsh. No man would consider settling permanently in such an unforgiving place. But for a few days a year the Sandtun comes alive with traders who await boats from Francia. Old friends meet at the tented camp, and join with others coming to sell their wares. As friendships are made and hatred brews, four monks descend the Shipway track carrying their precious secret.

In her seventh novel, Emma Batten introduces West Hythe and Lyminge in Anglo-Saxon times.