The Devils Brood

Author : Sharon Kay Penman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440642397
Total Pages : 754 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Devil's Brood written by Sharon Kay Penman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-10-07 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A breathtaking and sweeping epic of a family at its breaking point, Devil’s Brood shows how Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine—two monumental figures once bound by all-consuming love—became the bitterest of adversaries... A.D. 1172. Henry II’s three eldest sons conspire against him and align themselves with his greatest enemy, King Louis of France, but it’s Eleanor of Aquitaine’s involvement in the plot to overthrow her husband that proves to be the harshest betrayal. As a royal family collapses and a marriage ends in all but name, the clash between these two strong-willed and passionate souls will have far-reaching and devastating consequences throughout Christendom.

Author : Sharon Penman
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141913010
Total Pages : 1094 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Devil's Brood written by Sharon Penman and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2009-08-06 with total page 1094 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this gripping tale of passion, politics and conflict, King Henry II finds himself brutally betrayed by his wife Eleanor and three eldest sons when they enter into a rebellion against him. Aligning themselves with Henry's most bitter enemy, King Louis of France, their treacherous actions will have devastating consequences as they bring about the downfall of a brilliant man and a powerful empire. In Devil's Brood, the compelling story of Henry and Eleanor's once great love affair is explored in an uniquely vivid way. What twists of fate turn love to hatred? What points of principle and ambition cause these two icons to struggle for power, leaving their family tragically divided and their turbulent marriage finished in all but name? Sharon Penman's glorious trilogy reaches its spellbinding conclusion.

Author : Sharon Kay Penman
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0345396731
Total Pages : 770 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Devil's Brood written by Sharon Kay Penman and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2009-07-28 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A.D. 1172. Henry II’s three eldest sons conspire against him and align themselves with his greatest enemy, King Louis of France, but it’s Eleanor of Aquitaine’s involvement in the plot to overthrow her husband that proves to be the harshest betrayal. As a royal family collapses and a marriage ends in all but name, the clash between these two strong-willed and passionate souls will have far-reaching and devastating consequences throughout Christendom. Devil’s Brood, a breathtaking and sweeping epic of a family at its breaking point, shows how two monumental figures once bound by all-consuming love became the bitterest of adversaries.

Author : Stephanie Laurens
Publisher : Savdek Management Pty Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781925559057
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Greatest Challenge of Them All written by Stephanie Laurens and published by Savdek Management Pty Limited. This book was released on 2017-07 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lord Drake Varisey receives unwelcome assistance from Lady Louisa Cynster in his efforts to foil a plot against England and the realm.

Author : Sharon Kay Penman
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1429939524
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When Christ and His Saints Slept written by Sharon Kay Penman and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In When Christ and His Saints Slept master storyteller and historian Sharon Kay Penman illuminates one of the lesser-known but fascinating periods of English history. The next addition in this highly acclaimed historical fiction series of the middle ages, and the first of a trilogy that will tell the story of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. When Christ and His Saints Slept begins with the death of King Henry I, son of William the Conqueror and father of Maude, his only living legitimate offspring.

Author : David Jacobs
Publisher : Berkley
ISBN 13 : 9780425178607
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Devil's Night written by David Jacobs and published by Berkley. This book was released on 2001 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic monsters from Universal Studios' cinematic vault of horror return in a brand new novel from the author of "The Devil's Brood". When a full moon rises over a dark mountain citadel, the Werewolf of London is reborn. On a Caribbean isle, where zombies rise and walk, Frankenstein's creature is alive. And in an archaeological excavation, a preserved cadaver moves, and Dracula is awakened.

Author : Sharon Kay Penman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101157410
Total Pages : 575 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Time and Chance written by Sharon Kay Penman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2002-03-04 with total page 575 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sequel to Sharon Kay Penman's acclaimed novel When Christ and His Saints Slept, Time and Chance recounts the tempestuous marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II in a magnificent story of love, power, ambition, and betrayal. He was nineteen when they married, she eleven years his senior, newly divorced from the King of France. She was beautiful, headstrong, intelligent, and rich. It was said he was Fortune's favorite, but he said a man makes his own luck. Within two years, Henry had made his, winning the throne of England and exercising extraordinary statecraft skills to control his unruly barons, expand his own powers, and restore peace to a land long torn by banditry and bloodshed. Only in one instance did Henry err: Elevating his good friend and confidant Thomas Becket to be Archbishop of Canterbury, he thought to gain control over the Church itself. But the once worldly Becket suddenly discovered God, and their alliance withered in the heat of his newfound zeal. What Becket saw as a holy mission-to protect the Church against State encroachments-Henry saw as arrant betrayal, and they were launched inevitably on the road to murder. Rich in character and color, true to the historical details, sensitive to the complex emotions of these men and women, Time and Chance recreates their story with all the drama, pain, and passion of the moment.

Author : Sharon Kay Penman
Publisher : Michael Joseph
ISBN 13 : 9780718154653
Total Pages : 736 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Devil's Brood written by Sharon Kay Penman and published by Michael Joseph. This book was released on 2009 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE LONG-AWAITED AND HIGHLY ANTICIPATED FINAL VOLUME IN PENMAN'S TRILOGY OF HENRY II ABD EKEABR IF AQUITAINE - A TUMULTUOUS STORY OF A KING, HIS QUEEN AND THEIR WAR-THORN FAMILY Devil's Blood has at its heart the implosion of a family, a story of devastating betrayal as King Henry II's three eldest sons and his wife Eleanor enter into a rebellion against him, aligning themselves with his most bitter enemy, King Louis of France. It is also the story of a great king whose brilliance forged an empire but whose personal blind spots led him to he most serious misjudgement of his life. Sharon Penman has created a novel of immense power and range, bringing Henry and Eleanor's world to life in a brilliant and uniquely vivid way. As two strong-willed, passionate people clash, a family divides, and a marriage ends in all but name, an unforgettable trilogy reached its conclusion. Devil's Brood is a novel without villains - only flawed human beings caught up in a cycle of mistrust and misunderstanding that has more devastating and far-reaching consequence than they could ever have imagined.

Author : John Darnielle
Publisher : MCD
ISBN 13 : 0374717672
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Devil House written by John Darnielle and published by MCD. This book was released on 2022-01-25 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “It’s never quite the book you think it is. It’s better.” —Dwight Garner, The New York Times From John Darnielle, the New York Times bestselling author and the singer-songwriter of the Mountain Goats, comes an epic, gripping novel about murder, truth, and the dangers of storytelling. Gage Chandler is descended from kings. That’s what his mother always told him. Years later, he is a true crime writer, with one grisly success—and a movie adaptation—to his name, along with a series of subsequent less notable efforts. But now he is being offered the chance for the big break: to move into the house where a pair of briefly notorious murders occurred, apparently the work of disaffected teens during the Satanic Panic of the 1980s. Chandler finds himself in Milpitas, California, a small town whose name rings a bell––his closest childhood friend lived there, once upon a time. He begins his research with diligence and enthusiasm, but soon the story leads him into a puzzle he never expected—back into his own work and what it means, back to the very core of what he does and who he is. Devil House is John Darnielle’s most ambitious work yet, a book that blurs the line between fact and fiction, that combines daring formal experimentation with a spellbinding tale of crime, writing, memory, and artistic obsession.

Author : Sharon Kay Penman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101621753
Total Pages : 688 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Land Beyond the Sea written by Sharon Kay Penman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Sharon Kay Penman comes the story of the reign of King Baldwin IV and the Kingdom of Jerusalem's defense against Saladin's famous army. The Kingdom of Jerusalem, also known as Outremer, is the land far beyond the sea. Baptized in blood when the men of the First Crusade captured Jerusalem from the Saracens in the early twelfth century, the kingdom defined an utterly new world, a land of blazing heat and a medley of cultures, a place where enemies were neighbors and neighbors became enemies. At the helm of this growing kingdom sits young Baldwin IV, an intelligent and courageous boy committed to the welfare and protection of his people. But despite Baldwin's dedication to his land, he is afflicted with leprosy at an early age and the threats against his power and his health nearly outweigh the risk of battle. As political deception scours the halls of the royal court, the Muslim army--led by the first sultan of Egypt and Syria, Saladin--is never far from the kingdom's doorstep, and there are only a handful Baldwin can trust, including the archbishop William of Tyre and Lord Balian d'Ibelin, a charismatic leader who has been one of the few able to maintain the peace. Filled with drama and battle, tragedy and romance, Sharon Kay Penman's latest novel brings a definitive period of history vividly alive with a tale of power and glory that will resonate with readers today.