Author:Jean Plaidy
A fascinating story of crusades and the desire to capture countries, hearts...and the throne. If you like Philippa Gregory, you will love this historical page-turner from multi-million copy and international bestselling author Jean Plaidy.
'Plaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama' -- New York Times
'Full-blooded, dramatic, exciting.' -- Observer
'Oh my goodness how I enjoyed this read ...!' -- ***** Reader review
'Excellent page-turning read for history lovers' -- ***** Reader review
'Couldn't put this down' -- ***** Reader review
'Jean Plaidy really brings history to life' -- ***** Reader review
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At the age of thirty-two, Richard the Lionheart has finally succeeded Henry II to the English throne. And, against his father's wishes, he intends to make Berengaria, daughter of the King of Navarre, his Queen.
But first he must fulfil his vow to his country to win back Jerusalem for the Christian world. Leaving England to begin his crusade, Richard's kingdom is left in the hands of his brother, John, who casts covetous eyes on the crown, and his sister, Joanna, who is willing to defy even a king.
Her novels are still very much to be enjoyed ... Any writer who can both educate and thrill a reader of any age deserves to be remembered and find new fans ... One only has to look at the TV/Media to see that the appetite for this kind of writing is still very much there
—— Matt Bates , WH Smith TravelJean Plaidy doesn't just write the history, she makes it come alive.
—— Julia Moffat, RNAMiss Plaidy does full justice to the trials of Henry II's last years.The demands of the vast Angevin Empire, provide strong dramatic material which she handles with her usual skill.
—— Sunday TimesPlaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama
—— New York TimesFull-blooded, dramatic, exciting
—— ObserverIt is hard to better Jean Plaidy when she is in form...both elegant and exciting as she steers a stylish path through the feuding Plantagenets.
—— Daily MirrorOutstanding
—— Vanity FairJean Plaidy conveys the texture of various patches of the past with such rich complexity
—— GuardianRedemption Falls is trauma incarnate, but its effect is both compassionate and luminous
—— TLSBooks of this quality demand to be reread to reveal more of their complexities and layers of meaning. Redemption Falls would reward this on the level of its rich textures of language alone
—— Sunday HeraldOne of the author's most affecting, honest and brilliant works. It is a searingly well written piece by a ridiculously underrated novelist
—— Sunday TelegraphEntertaining... Jacobson's prose is incisive and off-kilter, abrasive and often hilarious
—— The TimesFelix Quinn, the narrator of the book...explains it beautifully - and this is a very good novel... Feeling unsafe makes him feel alive. And loss, of course, is the wellspring of good storytelling
—— Evening StandardThe Act of Love is an ambitious and at times extremely uncomfortable novel
—— The TelegraphIt is an almost frighteningly brilliant achievement. Why did the Booker judges not recognise it?
—— The GuardianThis is a very good novel
—— ScotsmanJacobson's 10th novel is a moving, thought-provoking and darkly witty story of desire and love
—— Irish TimesTrollope explores, with infinite delicacy, the strands that make a family
—— Daily ExpressAn absorbing contemporary novel from one of our most perceptive writers
—— You MagazineTrollope has created a fount of bitchy tension which she manipulates with great skill
—— Evening Standard
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