Here Be Dragons - Couverture souple

Penman, Sharon Kay

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0312382456 ISBN 13 : 9780312382452

Editeur : St. Martin's Griffin, 2008

Synopsis

Here Be Dragons 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 dec... Full description

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Sharon Penman is one of the most popular historical novelists writing today. Her bestselling story of Richard III, The Sunne in Splendour, was published in 1982 and her acclaimed Welsh trilogy, Here Be Dragons, Falls the Shadow and The Reckoning, was similarly successful. Time and Chance is the second in a trilogy that opened with When Christ and His Saints Slept (1994). Sharon Penman has travelled widely on both sides of the Atlantic researching her work. She lives in New Jersey.

Présentation de l'éditeur :

An absorbing historical novel of power and betrayal, loyalty and political intrigue in thirteenth-century England, Wales and France, centring on King John of England, younger brother to the brilliant Richard Lionheart, Joanna, his illegitimate but recognised daughter and Llewellyn Ab Iowerth, Prince of Gwynedd, a bitter opponent of English ways, laws and encroachment into Wales who becomes Joanna's husband.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: St. Martin's Griffin
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0312382456
• ISBN 13: 9780312382452
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 720