When Christ and His Saints Slept
of Sharon Kay Penman (Goodreads Author)
Series: Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine #1
Description
A.D. 1135. As church bells tolled for the death of England's King Henry I, his barons faced the unwelcome prospect of being ruled by a woman: Henry's beautiful daughter Maude, Countess of Anjou. But before Maude could claim her throne, her cousin Stephen seized it. In their long and bitter struggle, all of England bled and burned.Sharon Kay Penman's magnificent fifth novel summons to life a spectacular medieval tragedy whose unfolding breaks the heart even as it prepares the way for splendors to comeâthe glorious age of Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Plantagenets that would soon illumine the world.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 784 pages
- Publisher Ballantine Books
- Publication Date February 6th 1996
- First Publication 01/01/94
- Language English
- ISBN 9780345396686
- Edition Not informed
- Category Other
- Scenario ['England', 'France']
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