When Christ and His Saints Slept (Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1)
Ranked #23 in Medieval Historical Fiction, Ranked #37 in Medieval — see more rankings.
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 come—the glorious age of Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Plantagenets that would soon... more
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 come—the glorious age of Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Plantagenets that would soon... more
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When Christ and His Saints Slept (Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1) is ranked in the following categories:
- #61 in England History
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