The Brothers Of Gwynedd Quartet

Author : Edith Pargeter
Publisher : Headline Book Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780747232674
Total Pages : 821 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Brothers of Gwynedd written by Edith Pargeter and published by Headline Book Pub Limited. This book was released on 1989 with total page 821 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic quartet of novels telling the dramatic tale of Llewelyn, the first true Prince of Wales. Llewelyn has a burning vision: one Wales, united against the threat of the English. But, before he can realise his dream, Llewelyn must tackle enemies closer to home. Llewelyn's three brothers all stand in the way of his ambition to create an independent state. The best-loved of the three, David, was brought up at the English court. Restless, charming and torn between loyalties, David is fated to be his brother's undoing. Despite the support of Llewelyn's beloved wife, Eleanor, Llewelyn finds himself trapped in a situation where the only solution is his own downfall and a tragic death... Here, in one volume, is the entire saga of the Brothers of Gwynedd, including: SUNRISE IN THE WEST THE DRAGON AT NOONDAY THE HOUNDS OF SUNSET AFTERGLOW AND NIGHTFALL

Author : Edith Pargeter
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402252722
Total Pages : 800 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Brothers of Gwynedd written by Edith Pargeter and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2010-05-01 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Burning Desire for One Country, One Love, and One Legacy That Will Last Forever. Llewelyn, prince of Gwynedd, dreams of a Wales united against the English, but first he must combat enemies nearer home. Llewelyn and his brothers-Owen Goch, Rhodri, and David-vie for power among themselves and with the English king, Henry III. Despite the support of his beloved wife, Eleanor, Llewelyn finds himself trapped in a situation where the only solution could be his very downfall... Originally published in England as four individual novels, The Brothers of Gwynedd transports you to a world of chivalry, gallant heroes, and imprisoned damsels; to star-crossed lovers and glorious battle scenes; and is Edith Pargeter's absorbing tale of tragedy, traitors, and triumph of the heart. "A lively evocation of life on the Welsh borders in the Middle Ages, coupled with an ingenious plot, and the whole narrated with elegant crispness." -The Times L iterary Supplement "Strong in atmosphere and plot, grim and yet hopeful...carved in weathered stone rather than in the sands of current fashion." -Daily Telegraph "A richly textured tapestry of medieval Wales." -Sunday Telegraph "Those who fancy historical fiction with an emphasis on the history will savor this convincing tale." -Publishers Weekly

Author : Edith PARGETER
Publisher :
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Brothers of Gwynedd Quartet written by Edith PARGETER and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Edith Pargeter
Publisher : Trafalgar Square
ISBN 13 : 9780747230304
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Afterglow and Nightfall written by Edith Pargeter and published by Trafalgar Square. This book was released on 1988-07-14 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Their principality greatly truncated by the English armies, Llewelyn and his beloved wife, Eleanor, are left to rule a much smaller state in the heart of Gwynedd and Snowdonia. Llewelyn is patient with the arrogant bickering of Edward's men and rejoices in the renewed loyalty of his younger brother David - the same David who has twice betrayed him. But loyal or treacherous, David is always impetuous and his rash actions precipitate a new war against the forces of England. Llewelyn finds himself trapped in a situation where the only solution is his own downfall and a tragic death...

Author : Edith Pargeter
Publisher : Trafalgar Square
ISBN 13 : 9780747230038
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sunrise in the West written by Edith Pargeter and published by Trafalgar Square. This book was released on 1991-12-01 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Llewelyn ap Griffith, who sought to free Wales from English tyranny and build a nation. A lush, richly written tale of family rivalries and allegiances, Pargeter's carefully crafted novel of life, lands and passions offers the reader a pleasure akin to the experience of a bardic recital. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Author : Sharon Kay Penman
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1429922990
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Here Be Dragons written by Sharon Kay Penman and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2008-05-27 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteenth-century Wales is a divided country, ever at the mercy of England's ruthless, power-hungry King John. Llewelyn, Prince of North Wales, secures an uneasy truce by marrying the English king's beloved illegitimate daughter, Joanna, who slowly grows to love her charismatic and courageous husband. But as John's attentions turn again and again to subduing Wales---and Llewelyn---Joanna must decide where her love and loyalties truly lie. The turbulent clashes of two disparate worlds and the destinies of the individuals caught between them spring to life in this magnificent novel of power and passion, loyalty and lies. The book that began the trilogy that includes Falls the Shadow and The Reckoning, Here Be Dragons brings thirteenth-century England, France, and Wales to tangled, tempestuous life.

Author : Edith Pargeter
Publisher : Headline Book Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780747230298
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Hounds of Sunset written by Edith Pargeter and published by Headline Book Pub Limited. This book was released on 1988 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Powerful Prince Llewelyn still treasures his vision of a Wales united against the threat of the English kings. The dream seems near fulfilment until Edward, vigorous, ambitious and arrogant, takes old Henry's place on the English throne - and more than his share of power. Trouble also looms nearer home, where the youngest of the Welsh brothers, David - blue-eyed, charming and deadly - is plotting Llewelyn's downfall. Threatened on all sides, Llewelyn looks for comfort from the beautiful Eleanor de Montfort, the jewel in his crown and the only shining star as night falls on his dreams of power.

Author : Margaret Lewis
Publisher : Isis Large Print Books
ISBN 13 : 9781850892557
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Edith Pargeter written by Margaret Lewis and published by Isis Large Print Books. This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This perceptive survey of the two faces of prolific and award-winning author Edith Pargeter explores both her life and her work. Pargeter is best known as Ellis Peters, the author of the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael. These 20 novels have been televised and adapted for radio and have played a major role in turning crime writing into a literary genre and making historical detectives popular. Also discussed are Pargeter's series of 14 Inspector Felse novels, written under her real name, and her further novels, including two outstanding historical sequences. The Brothers of Gwynedd quartet and The Heaven Tree trilogy. The Eighth Champion of Christendom, a trilogy of novels about the Second World War, is also illuminated.

Author : Ellis Peters
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497671655
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Rare Benedictine written by Ellis Peters and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Three classic stories featuring Brother Cadfael . . . whose powers of deduction are practically miraculous” in the Silver Dagger–winning medieval mystery series (Booklist). “Brother Cadfael sprang to life suddenly and unexpectedly when he was already approaching sixty, mature, experienced, fully armed and seventeen years tonsured.” So writes Ellis Peters in her introduction to A Rare Benedictine—three vintage tales of intrigue and treachery featuring the monastic sleuth who has become the best-loved ecclesiastical detective since Father Brown. Although Cadfael has appeared in twenty novel-length chronicles, the story of his entry into the monastery at Shrewsbury has been known hitherto only to a few readers. Now his myriad fans can discover the chain of events that led him into the Benedictine Order.

Author : Sharon Kay Penman
Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 13 : 1429930098
Total Pages : 945 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sunne In Splendour written by Sharon Kay Penman and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2008-01-22 with total page 945 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic, magnificent bestselling novel about Richard III, now in a special thirtieth anniversary edition with a new preface by the author In this triumphant combination of scholarship and storytelling, Sharon Kay Penman redeems Richard III—vilified as the bitter, twisted, scheming hunchback who murdered his nephews, the princes in the Tower—from his maligned place in history. Born into the treacherous courts of fifteenth-century England, in the midst of what history has called The War of the Roses, Richard was raised in the shadow of his charismatic brother, King Edward IV. Loyal to his friends and passionately in love with the one woman who was denied him, Richard emerges as a gifted man far more sinned against than sinning. With revisions throughout and a new author's preface discussing the astonishing discovery of Richard's remains five centuries after his death, Sharon Kay Penman's brilliant classic is more powerful and glorious than ever.