Lady of the English

Two very different women . . . Linked by destiny and a power struggle for the English crown. Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I, is determined to win back her crown from Stephen, the usurper king, against all odds and despite all men. Adeliza, Henry''s widowed queen and Matilda''s stepmother, has always been on Matilda''s side but now she is married to William D''Albini, a warrior of the opposition. In a world where a man''s word is law, how can Adeliza obey her husband while supporting Matilda, the rightful queen? What does it cost to be ''Lady of the English''?

About the author

New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Chadwick lives in a cottage in the Vale of Belvoir in Nottinghamshire with her husband and their four dogs. Her first novel, The Wild Hunt, won a Betty Trask Award, To Defy a King won the Romantic Novelist Association's Historical Novel Prize and The Scarlet Lion was nominated by Richard Lee - founder of the Historical Novel Society - as one of the top ten historical novels of the last decade. She often lectures at conferences and historical venues, has been consulted for television documentaries and is a member of the Royal Historical Society.

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Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Chadwick, Chadwick Elizabeth
• Publisher: Sphere
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.09.2012
• EAN: 9780751541342
• ISBN: 978-0-7515-4134-2
• No. of pages: 560
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 196 mm x 37 mm
• Series: Sphere
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Romance / Historical / Regency, Modern & contemporary fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary