When Christ And His Saints Slept
28 February 2013Imprint: Pan
Synopsis
A.D. 1135. As church bells tolled for the death of England's King Henry I, his barons faced the unwelcome prospect of being ruled by a woman: Henry's beautiful daughter Maude, Countess of Anjou. But before Maude could claim her throne, her cousin Stephen seized it. In their long and bitter struggle, all of England bled and burned.
Sharon Kay Penman's magnificent...
Details
28 February 2013928 pages
9781447228523Imprint: Pan
Reviews
[A] marvelous medieval pageant of a novel . . . Another jewel in [Penman's] already glittering crownOrlando Sentinel
Penman once again tells a tale of kings and queens, singular destinies, and double-crosses. . . .[She] inventively animates a large cast [and] continues to base her narrative on the firm ground of factKirkus Reviews
A compelling, well-written epic . . . Penman is an accomplished novelist and certainly has staked a claim to medieval England as her literary fiefdomPhiladelphia Inquirer
