by Ariana Franklin, Samantha Norman
A full review may come later when I'm no longer a crumpled heap of grief.
The 12th century is drawing to a close and a dying abbot feels the need to tell a story in order to cleanse his soul. Dictated to a young scribe his story is the accounting of the 1141 battle between Matilda and Stephen over who should rightly wear the crown. As in any civil war there are always s...