When Christ And His Saints Slept
Feb 2013 · Pan Macmillan
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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 fifth novel When Christ And His Saints Slept summons to life a spectacular medieval tragedy whose unfolding breaks the heart even as it prepares the way for splendors to come – the glorious age of Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Plantagenets that would soon illumine the world.
Sharon Kay Penman's magnificent fifth novel When Christ And His Saints Slept summons to life a spectacular medieval tragedy whose unfolding breaks the heart even as it prepares the way for splendors to come – the glorious age of Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Plantagenets that would soon illumine the world.
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4.6
11 reviews
Christine Byrne
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September 30, 2024
well researched, it's a compulsive read. I didn't like the use of 'gotten,' which was very jarring. The characters were brought to life and the book educated me about a little known and complex period of history. The importance of the castle at the time was particularly interesting for me.
Sharon Fowler
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September 1, 2015
When Christ and saints slept
Stuart & Lynne Little
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July 17, 2020
a cracking read
About the author
Sharon Penman is the author of several historical novels and medieval mysteries set during the Middle Ages. Her novels include Lionheart, about Richard I and the Crusades, A King’s Ransom, completing the story of Richard I, and The Sunne in Splendour about the end of England's War of the Roses. She lives in Mays Landing, New Jersey.
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