In When Christ and His Saints Slept
When Christ and His Saints Slept
โ Scribed by Sharon Kay Penman
- Publisher
- Henry Holt and Co.
- Year
- 1995;2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 735 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
In When Christ and His Saints Slept, the newest addition to her highly acclaimed novels of the middle ages, and the first of a trilogy that will tell the story of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, master storyteller and historian Sharon Kay Penman illuminates one of the less-known but fascinating periods of English history. It begins with the death of King Henry I, son of William the Conqueror and father of Maude, his only living legitimate offspring.
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