Falls the Shadow

By (author): "Sharon Kay Penman"
Genres:Fiction books  British Literature books  Historical Fiction books  Historical books  Medieval books  
Publish Date: April 1st 1988
Falls the Shadow
ISBN014011324X
ISBN139780140113242
AsinFalls the Shadow
CharactersSimon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, Henry III of England, Llywel
Original titleFalls the Shadow (Welsh Princes, #2)
SeriesWelsh Princes #2
Simon de Montfort - aristocratic champion of the people, French born crusader for English rights - blazed across the troubled thirteenth century like an afterglow of Camelot. Amid the wars and intrigues, courtiers and crusades, of Henry III's peevish England and Llewelyn's divided Wales, Simon alone lacked the art of dissembling. And even for the greatest warrior in Europe, the privileged husband of the King's favourite sister, that was a dangerous failing..