by Geraldine McCaughrean
bookshelves: published-1991, historical-fiction, france, medieval5c-16c, one-penny-wonder, dip-in-now-and-again, spring-2012, tbr-busting-2012, paper-read, epic-proportions, cover-love, families, war, art-forms Recommended for: Pat, Wanda, Susanna, Laura etc Read from April 10 to 25, 2012 ** spoi...
Dedication: To AilsaQuote: 'From the Devil they came, and to the Devil they shall go.' (St Bernard on the family of Henry Plantagenet)The House of GlorioleThe Royal Houses of FranceList of CharactersOpening: The whole course of the interminable medieval wars between France and England was radically ...
"He knew in that moment how God felt on Good Friday when He saw on what He had wasted Creation." Vainglory begins in 1429 as Victoire De Gloriole regains possession of the family castle Gloriole-sur-Sablois from the English. Victoire marries Englishwoman Ellen Talbot and begins building a family dyn...
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