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Cruel as the Grave
Cruel as the Grave: A Medieval Mystery © 1998 Sharon Kay Penman 274 pages Justin de Quincy has a problem. Several problems, actually. Chiefly, there’s the fact that his king is presumed captured overseas, and possibly dead, while the king’s … Continue reading
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Here be Dragons
Here be Dragons © 1985 Sharon Penman 700 pages Here Be Dragons takes readers to the Welsh Marches in 13th century England. King John, remembered for losing England’s ancestral holdings in France and being gelded by his own barons … Continue reading
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Tagged Britain, historical fiction, Plantagenet England, Wales
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Captive Queen
Captive Queen: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine © 2010 Alison Weir 478 pages My life, when it is written, will read better than it lived. Henry Fitz-Empress, first Plantagenet, a king at twenty-one, the ablest soldier of an able … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Weir, Britain, historical fiction, Medieval, Plantagenet England
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