The Greatest Knight
Royal protector. Loyal servant. Forgotten hero.Elizabeth Chadwick lives near Nottingham with her husband and two sons. She is the author of 17 historical novels, including Lords of the White Castle, Shadows and Strongholds, A Place Beyond Courage, The Scarlet Lion, The Winter Mantle, and The...
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Royal protector. Loyal servant. Forgotten hero.Elizabeth Chadwick lives near Nottingham with her husband and two sons. She is the author of 17 historical novels, including Lords of the White Castle, Shadows and Strongholds, A Place Beyond Courage, The Scarlet Lion, The Winter Mantle, and The Falcons of Montebard, four of which have been shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Awards.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781402228643 (1402228643)
Publish date: September 1st 2009
Publisher: Sourcebooks Landmark
Pages no: 440
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Adult Fiction,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Medieval,
War,
Historical Romance,
France
Series: William Marshal (#2)
This is a biographic novel of William Marshall, one of the great knights of England, a man who served four English Kings, including Richard the Lionhearted, who was involved with the Magna Carta and served as regent to Henry III. So, a fascinating figure, but I'm afraid a less than fascinating book....
The story rings pretty true, and is written in a way that brings you through the story without too much modern jarring or too much detail which would detract from the story, although I really would have like to know more about some aspects of the story, I found that in fact there is little known abo...
Really interesting, I love history and this was well written. I would love to know more about him.
It feels wonderful finally finishing this novel! Because I read it on my kindle I didn't realize that it was going to be so long. It was different from other Elizabeth Chadwick novels in that it was not about a specific incident but strictly about one man. She did not feel the need to tell the story...
I am not usually into medieval fiction, or historical fiction much at all, but this was really good! That is one thing I love about GoodReads; I find new and wonderful books that I would never have picked for myself. This story is based on the life of a forgotten hero, William Marshal, the knight se...
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