Author: sharonkaypenman

From the critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Sharon Kay Penman comes the story of the reign of King Baldwin IV and the Kingdom of Jerusalem’s defense against Saladin’s famous army.The Kingdom of Jerusalem, also known as Outremer, is the land far beyond the sea. Baptized in blood when the men of the First Crusade captured Jerusalem from the Saracens in the early twelfth century, … the early twelfth century, the kingdom defined an utterly new world, a land of blazing heat and a medley of cultures, a place where enemies were neighbors and neighbors became enemies.At the helm…

From a New York Times bestselling author who has “an uncanny ability to get inside the hearts and minds of her real-life characters” (Booklist): The story of crusader king Richard the Lionheart comes to life in this “gritty, unsentimental, and richly detailed epic” ().

From a New York Times bestselling author: To secure peace, Prince Llewelyn of Wales marries King John’s daughter — but can the ruthless king be placated? With over 9,700 five-star ratings on Goodreads, “this lush historical saga draws readers into the legendary world of 13th-century Europe” (Booklist).

The classic, magnificent bestselling novel about Richard III, now in a special thirtieth anniversary edition with a new preface by the author In this triumphant combination of scholarship and storytelling, Sharon Kay Penman redeems Richard III–vilified as the bitter, twisted, scheming hunchback who murdered his nephews, the princes in the Tower–from his maligned place in history. Born into the … history. Born into the treacherous courts of fifteenth-century England, in the midst of what history has called The War of the Roses, Richard was raised in the shadow of his charismatic brother, King Edward IV. Loyal to his friends and…

Epiphany, 1193: the road out of Winchester was hidden by snow, and Justin de Quincy was making slow progress when he heard the first faint shout. It came again, louder and clearer, a cry for help. Spurring his stallion, de Quincy raced toward the source.But he was already too late. As the two assailants fled, de Quincy cradled the dying man, straining to make out his whispered words. “They did … “They did not get it,” he rasped. “Promise me. You must deliver this letter to her. To the queen.”Eleanor of Aquitaine sits on England’s throne. At seventy, she has…