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In the fall of 1145, the younger son of Robert of Gloucester switches sides, abandoning his father and the cause of his aunt, the Empress Maud. Philip FitzRobert will not only fight on King Stephen's side, but he has turned over a chain of key garrisons, including the newly built castle at Faringdon, and its clever and unscrupulous castellan Brian de Soulis.
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- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Edith Pargeter
- First published
- 1994
- Pages
- 294
- Publisher
- Elan Press, TIME WARNER PAPERBAC, Chivers Audio Books
- Editions
- 24
- Language
- German, English
- ISBN
- 9780892965991
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“THE EARL of Leicester's courier came riding over the bridge that spanned the Severn, and into the town of Shrewsbury, somewhat past noon on a day at the beginning of November, with three months' news in his saddle-roll.”
Edith Mary Pargeter OBE BEM (28 September 1913 – 14 October 1995), also known by her pen name Ellis Peters, was an English author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction, and was also honoured for her translations of Czech classics. She is probably best known for her murder mysteries, both historical and modern, and especially for her medieval detective series The Cadfael Chronicles.
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