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The Queen's Man: A Medieval Mystery (Medieval Mysteries)

62 reviews
Sharon Kay Penman

Fawcett, 2000

An addicting surprise
I picked up this book not knowing what to expect. I'm fascinated with medieval history. But what I got from The Queen's Man was more: A medieval mystery! I wasn't sure at first if it was something I'd enjoy, but almost immediately I was sucked in. It's a fabulous read, easy to understand and very exciting. I love the twists and turns and how wonderfully Penman showed me a world outside of the ...

Dragon's Lair (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

41 reviews
Sharon Kay Penman

Ballantine Books, 2004

Wonderful book!
If you haven't discovered the joys of Sharon Kay Penman, then I feel sorry for you. All of her books are fascinating character studies and are rich in action, romance, and period detail. This is one of her delightful short mysteries. If you are interested in the Medieval time period, then do read Sharon Kay Penman. She has researched this subject so much, that she is able to bring historic ...

The Reckoning

37 reviews
Sharon Kay Penman

Ballantine Books, 1992

Divided we fall....
This final novel in Sharon Kay Penman's Welsh trilogy chronicles the last throws of the Welsh resistance to English takeover. The beloved Prince of Wales, Llewellyn ap Gruffudd leads the charge in a final but futile attempt to unite the quarrelsome Welsh to the common cause of defeating the English invasion. He faces down Edward I, the brutal English King who will stop at nothing to make ...

Here Be Dragons

147 reviews
Sharon Kay Penman

Ballantine Books, 1993

Masterful Writing
Lovers of historical fiction search long and wide for new titles that can engross them back in a time brought to life through masterful writing. Here Be Dragons is one of those books. This well researched and expertly woven story centers around the arranged marriage between King John's daughter Joanna to Llewelyn, Prince of North Wales in order to forge an alliance. The dread Joanna ...

Falls the Shadow

53 reviews
Sharon Kay Penman

Ballantine Books, 1989

Captivating Character Study/Historical Fiction
This second volume in a trilogy about the contentious history between Britain and Wales is first of all a magnificent character study. At the heart of the novel is Simon de Montfort, a French-born aristocrat who travels to England in 1231 to boldly reclaim the lands taken from his family when his father was falsely accused of treason. Montfort will use these heavily mortgaged lands as an entrée ...

When Christ and His Saints Slept

82 reviews
Sharon Kay Penman

Ballantine Books, 1996

Stephen v. Maude
I've read all of the Brother Cadfael books, and the background of all of them involved a war between King Stephen and the Empress Maude for the throne of England. These backgrounds were only snippets, and I couldn't get a handle on what was actually happening in this strife. Even though I majored in History in college and have read well over a thousand history books in the 40 years since my ...

Ivanhoe (Signet Classics)

4 reviews
Walter Scott

Signet Classics, 2001

If you are dumb, stay away, if you are smart, dive in
I have heard that this is "very dry reading" and that the first chapter is "the most boring chapter in Western Civilization." It is obvious to this author that the one who claimed these very drastic condemnations of the brilliant and beautiful writing of the Great Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) is, unfortunately of very little intelligence when it comes to criticizing classic literature. How ...

Cruel as the Grave

8 reviews
Sharon Kay Penman

Fawcett, 2001

Medieval fiction that is true to history
Penman's books are not the ones to appeal to those who look for the fantasy of the Middle Ages, with knights that rush to rescue fair maidens. Nary a dragon, either. But her historical research is deep and broad and her mysteries are true to the genre. In short, this is a good choice for people who are looking for historical mysteries, but not "historical fiction," or romance.

The Sunne In Splendour: A Novel of Richard III

140 reviews
Sharon Kay Penman

St. Martin's Griffin, 2008

Plantagenet tragedy
Autumn 1459. A seven year-old boy gets lost in the forest. His easy-going eldest brother has had better things to do than watch over him, that is to say seducing a pretty servant girl. After a prolonged search the lad is found, having bravely fought his fear, and despite being afraid of punishment he doesn't even think of informing against his sibling. A fiercely loyal and earnest boy, he is the ...

La Viejecita Que no le Tenia Miedo a Nada/Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything

2 reviews
Sharon Kay Penman

Topeka Bindery, 2001

Un libro precioso para ninos/A precious children's book
La viejecita que no le tenia miedo a nada es un libro muy divertido, especialmente para ninos chiquitos. La viejecita que no le tenia miedo a nadie is a very fun book, especially for small children. It would also be good for teaching Spanish as a second language as there are not too many words and it is easy to understand.

Time and Chance (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

49 reviews
Sharon Kay Penman

Ballantine Books, 2003

More great work from Penman
Picks up where "When Christ and His Saints Slept" left off, after Empress Maude is (sort of) vindicated by having her son, Henry II, crowned King of England. The wily Henry has expanded his Angevin Empire (which includes most of France as well as England) by marrying the wilier Eleanor of Aquitaine. I was a little disappointed that more attention wasn't paid to what, exactly, drove Henry and ...

Prince of Darkness (A Medieval Mystery)

19 reviews
Sharon Kay Penman

Berkley Trade, 2006

Book Four in the Justin de Quincey Series
Sharon K. Penman has written many historical novels, many of them large volumes of several hundred pages, all diligently researched and all of them highly acclaimed by the reading public. The novels featuring Justin de Quincey have been equally popular and take place in the late 12th century. This is the fourth book in the Justin de Quincey series, a character we first came across in The ...

Cruel as the Grave (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

33 reviews
Sharon Kay Penman

Ballantine Books, 1999

First Penman book I read
I normally don't read mystery books and to top it off this was my first Penman book I read. I loved it. Yes, I figured it out before the ending, but the story was compelling and I enjoyed it anyway. I loved the setting and loved the characters she has created as well as the historical ones. Penman did an awesome joby in my opinion. Since then I have read another one of her mysteries and I am ...

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