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Title: The Prince of Darkness by Jean Plaidy, Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, Eleanor Hibbert ISBN: 0-399-12554-X Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 01 February, 1981 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $32.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: THE DEVIL MADE HIM DO IT...
Comment: Jean Plaidy, also known to her legion of devoted fans as Victoria Holt, has written an absorbing account of the reign of King John, a depraved, dissolute monarch whose tyranny was absolute.
Son of iron fisted King Henry II of England and his headstrong wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine, John was their youngest son. When his older brother, King Richard the Lionhearted, died without an heir, there were two who laid claim to the crown of England: Richard's nephew, Arthur, who was the son of John's older, now deceased brother, Geoffrey, and Richard's youngest brother, John.
Arthur had not been brought up in England. He had, instead, been raised as a Breton and was foreign to English ways. Moreover, he was a mere pubescent child of thirteen. Fearing that the people of England would not flock to Arthur's banner and thinking John to have precedence over his older brother's son for purposes of succession, William Marshal, the most respected knight in England, gave John's cause his support, and where William Marshal would lead, others would follow. Thus, John was crowned King, a black day in English history.
John would turn out to be a cruel and evil tyrant, more given to indulging in debauchery than to securing the kingdom over which he reigned. Foolish and dissolute, he prefered to rape, pillage, torture, and murder than to apply himself to statesmanship and governance. Lascivious by nature, he abducted a beautiful twelve year old girl, Isabel of Angouleme, who was betrothed to another, and made her his child bride and queen. Together they would sport, while his kingdom fell apart.
As for Arthur, let's just say that the kid never even had a fighting chance. In the end, however, John, himself, and not Arthur, would be his own worst enemy. John would lose the great possessions for which his ancestors had fought, and, for a time, even England's fate was made precarious by John's failure to rule effectively.
The lurid details of King John's reign make for an absorbing and compelling work of historical fiction. The author seamlessly weaves historical events and persons into a tapestry replete with period detail that fully engages the reader. Devotees of historical fiction will certainly enjoy this novel, which is part of the author's fifteen book Plantagenet saga.
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Title: The Heart of the Lion by Jean Plaidy, Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr ISBN: 0449244903 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1982 List Price(USD): $2.95 |
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Title: The Battle of the Queens by Jean Plaidy, Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr ISBN: 0449245659 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 1982 List Price(USD): $2.95 |
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Title: The Plantagenet Prelude by Eleanor Hibbert, Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, Jean Plaidy ISBN: 0399124489 Publisher: Putnam Pub Group Pub. Date: 01 February, 1980 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Revolt of the Eaglets (The Plantagenet Saga) by Jean Plaidy, Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr, Eleanor Hibbert ISBN: 0449244601 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 1981 List Price(USD): $2.75 |
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Title: The Lion of Justice by Jean Plaidy, Victoria Holt, Philippa Carr ISBN: 0449243184 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1980 List Price(USD): $2.50 |
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