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(0)Sharon Kay Penman
Author
Series
Welsh princes trilogy volume 3
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
"Penman's characters are so shrewdly imagined, so full of resonant human feeling that they seem to breathe on the page." San Francisco Chronicle"Never forget, Llewelyn, that the world's greatest fool is a Welshman who trusts an English king."His father's words haunt Llewelyn ap Gruffydd, Prince of Wales, who has been ruling uneasily over his fractious countrymen. Above all else, Llewelyn fears that his life and his own dreamof an independent, united...
Author
Series
Henry II novels volume 2
Publisher
Putnam's
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 37
Language
English
Author
Series
Henry II novels volume 5
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"From the New York Times-bestselling author of Lionheart comes the dramatic sequel, telling of the last dangerous years of Richard, Couer de Lion's life. This long-anticipated sequel to the national bestseller Lionheart is a vivid and heart-wrenching story of the last event-filled years in the life of Richard, Coeur de Lion. Taken captive by the Holy Roman Emperor while en route home--in violation of the papal decree protecting all crusaders--he was...
6) Lionheart
Author
Series
Henry II novels volume 4
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
A tale inspired by the life and reign of Richard I traces how a second surviving son of Henry Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine inherits the throne from his brother before embarking on the Third Crusade and a war against the Saracens, a conflict that is complicated by the schemes of his usurping borther, John.
Author
Series
Henry II novels volume 1
Publisher
H. Holt
Pub. Date
[[1995] 1995]
Language
English
Description
In the 12th Century, a king's daughter and her cousin fight for the crown of England. She is Maude, the only legitimate daughter of 23 children sired by Henry I. He is Stephen of Blois, who in a daring move seizes the crown. The people accept him, but Maude will obtain revenge through her son, the future Henry II.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Simon de Montfort was a man ahead of his time in the thirteenth century, a disinherited Frenchman who talked his way into an English earldom and marriage with a sister of the English king, Henry III. A charismatic, obstinate leader, Simon soon lost patience with the king's incompetence and inability to keep his word, and found himself the champion of the common people.This is his story, and the story of Henry III, as weak and changeable as Simon was...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The Kingdom of Jerusalem, also known as Outremer, is the land far beyond the sea. Baptized in blood when the men of the First Crusade captured Jerusalem from the Saracens in the early twelfth century, the kingdom defined an utterly new world, a land of blazing heat and a medley of cultures, a place where enemies were neighbors and neighbors became enemies.At the helm of this growing kingdom sits young Baldwin IV, an intelligent and courageous boy...
10) Devil's brood
Author
Series
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A.D. 1172. Henry IIs three eldest sons conspire against him and align themselves with his greatest enemy, King Louis of France, but its Eleanor of Aquitaines involvement in the plot to overthrow her husband that proves to be the harshest betrayal. As a royal family collapses and a marriage ends in all but name, the clash between these two strong-willed and passionate souls will have far-reaching and devastating consequences throughout Christendom.Devils...
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