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Title: The Winter Mantle by Elizabeth Chadwick ISBN: 0-312-31291-1 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 08 April, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Another Excellent Medieval Historical!
Comment: This is the third book I have bought authored by Elizabeth Chadwick and even though I had to order it from the Great U.K., and wait well over two weeks for it, it was well worth the wait!
This story begins with the relationship of Waltheof of Huntingdon and Judith, niece of William the Conqueror. It also details the complex friendship Waltheof nutured and strained with Simon de Senlis, originally King William's squire and royal messenger. Things do not go well for Waltheof, who is easily led by rebels that happen to be his friends and he is eventally executed at the King's command.
Meanwhile, Waltheof's daughter Matilda and her mother Judith continue to run his estates in England. However, all that is about to change as Simon is commanded by the new King, William Rufus, to take over the control of his estates much to the chagrin and disgust of Judith and much to the delight of Matilda, her daughter.
The story is epic, sweeping through the countries of Normandy, England, and the Holy Land. Matilda and Simon have a stormy but eventually loving relationship that has weathered the worst of storms. Read this latest Elizabeth Chadwick novel if you crave excellent historical fiction! You will not be diappointed!
Rating: 5
Summary: 1067-1098 Comes Alive
Comment: Elizabeth Chadwick has written a wonderful book based on Waltheof Siwardsson, Earl of Huntington and Northampton, and his lady love Judith, niece to William the Conqueror. These are real people and real events and the story is written so well that the reader can actually experience the emotions of the characters.
Ms. Chadwick has written a sequel to this story which should be out this year (2003), and she is currently working on a prequel to The Lords of the White Castle.
Rating: 5
Summary: cohesive delightful historical tale
Comment: In 1067, William the Conqueror has become the King of England and Normandy. To secure his hard-earned throne, he holds hostage many local nobles including the Earl Waltheof Siwardsson of Huntingdon, who remains a noble because he did not fight at Hastings. Shockingly, Waltheof finds he desires William's Norman niece, Judith and even more surprisingly they make a match of it even while treachery lurks behind every niche and cranny.
Two decades later, loyalty has become even more complex as William recently died and his two kingdoms divided between his older sons. Many of the Conqueror's followers believe that the middle son should have received nothing instead of sitting on the Normandy throne. Waltheof's oldest daughter, Matilda marries her father's former squire Simon de Senlis. Matilda and Simon want to live and love in peace, but once again treachery and shifting alliances make life as dangerous if not more so than when her father was an English hostage in a Norman court.
Though the story of William and his sons have been told numerous times few efforts match the thrilling saga provided by Elizabeth Chadwick. The story line focuses on people wanting peace and love yet caught up in an age of immense chaos and turmoil fostered by treachery, hatred and betrayal. Real people and recorded information of the period provide fans with an exciting historical novel that is probably as much factual as fictional, all elements interwoven into a cohesive delightful tale that William readers will cherish.
Harriet Klausner
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Title: Lords Of The White Castle by Elizabeth Chadwick ISBN: 0312288271 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 09 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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Title: The Marsh King's Daughter by Elizabeth Chadwick ISBN: 0312264917 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 11 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Wild Hunt by Elizabeth Chadwick ISBN: 0345377249 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 20 July, 1992 List Price(USD): $4.99 |
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Title: Dragon's Lair: A Medieval Mystery by Sharon Kay Penman ISBN: 0399150773 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 09 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Champion by Elizabeth Chadwick ISBN: 0312192460 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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