Synopsis
Sharon Penman's Fall the Shadow brilliantly portrays the struggle for power in England in the Middle Ages.
Simon de Montfort was a man ahead of his time in the thirteenth century, a disinherited Frenchman who talked his way into an English earldom and marriage with a sister of the English king, Henry III. A charismatic, obstinate leader, Simon soon lost patience...
Details
26 July 2012560 pages
9781447228479Imprint: Pan
Reviews
A marvelous literary and historical achievement . . . Impossible to put downBoston Herald
Absorbing. . . . [Penman] manages to illuminate the alien shadowland of the Middle Ages and populate it with vital characters whose politics and passions are as vivid as our ownSan Francisco Chronicle
A vivid portrait of a lost time . . . full of fascinating personality studies . . . Once you enter her world you're hookedSeattle Post-Intelligencer
