Book description
DISCOVER A LOST CLASSIC IN PLAIDY'S SCINTILLATING NORMAN SERIES
This is the third and final book in The Norman Trilogy and tells the
story of the last days of the reign of Henry I. His son and wife are
dead, and Henry hastily remarries a woman more than thirty years his
junior in the hope of producing a male heir and securing the
succession.
If he fails, the throne will pass to Matilda, and Henry fears that
his nobles will not willingly serve a woman. But after his death this
feckless daughter becomes the focus of a line of would-be kings and
soon the country is plunged into a bitter civil war that only a child
can undo.
'Jean Plaidy, by the skilful blending of superb storytelling and
meticulous attention to authenticity of detail and depth of
characterisation has become one of the country's most widely read
novelists.' Sunday Times
'Full-blooded, dramatic, exciting.' Observer
'Plaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama.' New
York Times
'Outstanding' Vanity Fair
Jean Plaidy, one of the preeminent authors of historical fiction for
most of the twentieth century, is the pen name of the prolific English
author Eleanor Hibbert, also known as Victoria Holt. Jean Plaidy's
novels had sold more than 14 million copies worldwide by the time of her
death in 1993.
