by Elizabeth Chadwick
This Chadwick novel tells of the early days of Fulke Fitzwarin - his training and marriage. But it is really a novel about different types of relationships between men and women. It is what makes the story compelling. You do not particularly care what happens to the contested lands, but the relat...
I do love Chadwick's books. There is just this feel to them. They even make me want to live in that age. Even if I totally would have been dead by now.This on is about Brunin FitzWarin, another character found in the mists of time. He was sent away for fostering, grew up and married the daughter of ...
Elizabeth Chadwickâs historical fiction novels are always an impressive melding of complicated characters with a strong sense of honor and times of turmoil, and Shadows and Strongholds is no different. Thrones are fought over, as are borders and castles. Loyalty is expected, sometimes rewarded, ofte...
**3.5**
This was the first of Chadwick's books that I picked up and it started a love affair with early medieval history. It's a long book, but I devoured it in less than four days, staying up late and waking up early, reading on the bus and the train and even as I walked.It's a complex story that starts at...
A wonderful coming of age story. This book is the story of Fulke "Brunin" Fitzwarin, taking him from childhood to his manhood. As a young boy, Brunin withdraws into himself to avoid the pain from his domineering overbearing grandmother, and his father sends him to train as a squire to Joscelin de Di...
This book is the story of Fulke "Brunin" Fitzwarin, taking him from childhood to his manhood. As a young boy, Brunin withdraws into himself to avoid the pain from his domineering overbearing grandmother, and his father sends him to train as a squire to Joscelin de Dinan. As Brunin blossoms under Jos...
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