Time and Chance: xxii

Time and Chance: xxii

by SharonPenman (Author)

Synopsis

TIME AND CHANCE, the second part of the trilogy about Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, opens during the glory years of their reign. While Henry redefined the role of medieval kingship, Eleanor gave birth to their children, founding a dynasty that would endure for 300 years. But even in these happy times, shadows were lurking. Battles on two borders. The disastrous appointment of Thomas Becket as Archbishop of Canterbury. And when Henry took lovely young Rosumund Clifford into his bed, little did he realise that in making an enemy of his proud, passionate queen he was making the gravest mistake of all...

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 496
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 24 Apr 2003

ISBN 10: 0140270779
ISBN 13: 9780140270778
Book Overview: Sharon Penman is also the author of The Sunne in Splendour and When Christ and Saints Slept .

Author Bio
Sharon Penman has been hailed by Publishers' Weekly as 'an historical novelist of the first rank'. Her bestselling debut about Richard III, THE SUNNE IN SPLENDOUR (1982) was a worldwide hit, and her acclaimed Welsh trilogy was similarly successful. WHEN CHRIST AND HIS SAINTS SLEPT (1994) is the first part of the trilogy which this book continues.