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In thirteenth-century England, King Henry III's sister Nell breaks tradition and marries the charismatic Simon de Montfort, an outspoken nobleman who risks death in battle to preserve honor, in a passionate historical saga set against the colorful backdrop of medieval England and Wales. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.
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Simon de Montfort was a man ahead of his time in the thirteenth century, a disinherited Frenchman who talked his way into an English earldom and marriage with a sister of the English king, Henry III. A charismatic, obstinate leader, Simon soon lost patience with the king's incompetence and inability to keep his word, and found himself the champion of the common people.This is his story, and the story of Henry III, as weak and changeable as Simon was brash and unbending. It is a tale of opposing wills that would eventually clash in a storm of violence and betrayal—an irresistible saga that brings the pages of history completely, provocatively, and magnificently alive.
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