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Eliza Redgold

Biography

Eliza Redgold

Eliza Redgold is based upon the old, Gaelic meaning of her name, Dr Elizabeth Reid Boyd. English folklore has it that if you help a fairy, you will be rewarded with red gold. She has presented academic papers on women and romance and is a contributor to the forthcoming ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ROMANCE FICTION. As a nonfiction author, she is co-author of BODY TALK: A Power Guide for Girls and STAY-AT-HOME MOTHERS: Dialogues and Debates. She was born in Irvine, Scotland on Marymass Day and currently lives in Australia.

Eliza Redgold

Books by Eliza Redgold

Naked: A Novel of Lady Godiva
by Eliza Redgold - Fiction, Historical Fiction

We all know the legend of Lady Godiva, who famously rode naked through the streets of Coventry, covered only by her long, flowing hair. As the story goes, she begged her husband Lord Leofric of Mercia to lift a high tax on her people, who would starve if forced to pay. Lord Leofric demanded a forfeit: that Godiva ride naked on horseback through the town. There are various endings to Godiva's ride, but NAKED contains a twist that may be closer to the truth: By the end of his life, Leofric had fallen deeply in love with Lady Godiva.