Set against the turbulent backdrop of twelfth-century Europe, as two countries compete for world dominion, one woman will take her destiny, and the future of a nation, into her own hands.“Aquitaine is mine. It will never belong to anyone else.”With these words, fifteen-year-old Eleanor seals her ...
“By the Mass, I knew there was something I’d left undone. That whore’s money!” There was a startled silence in the chancery. “Ah—which whore is that, my lord chancellor?” “By the Mass, that’s very good. Which whore indeed.” Thomas gave a grim smile. “You may well ask, William. I intended to take ...
With his other hand he sipped from a pewter tankard. Beside him, seated on a cushioned stool, his brother Henry fixed him with a stern eye. “What happened to you last night?” the Abbot asked. “The truth now.” Stephen told him how he had spent half the night riding aimlessly through Southwark, the...