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Sharon Kay Penman, When Christ His Saints Slept. (Penguin, ) Sharon Kay Penman begins a new trilogy with When Christ His Saints Slept. Set in the 12th century, William the Conqueror's grandchildren clash swords over the English crown, the sound-waves resound from Scotland to France, and Penman plunges her readers into a maelstrom of plot and counter-plot, oath making and . When Christ and His Saints Slept: A Novel Paperback – Illustrated, February 6, by Sharon Kay Penman (Author) out of 5 stars ratingsCited by: 2. In When Christ and His Saints Slept, the newest addition to her highly acclaimed novels of the middle ages, and the first of a trilogy that will tell the story of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, master storyteller and historian Sharon Kay Penman illuminates one of the less-known but fascinating periods of English history. It begins with the death of King Henry I, son of William the Conqueror and father of Maude, his Estimated Reading Time: 7 mins.

When Christ and His Saints Slept. Sharon Kay Penman. Demco Media, - Fiction - pages. 36 Reviews. In this novel, Sharon Kay Penman brings to life a dark period in English history, painting a canvas rich in the textures and colors of the era. Here is the pain and suffering of the innocents, the conniving and duplicity of the barons; here. When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman starting at $ When Christ and His Saints Slept has 4 available editions to buy at Half Price Books Marketplace. When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman features the beginnings of the Plantagenet dynasty. It features the bloody war that raged England between Stephen and his cousin Maude. Stephen steals the crown after King Henry the First's death from Maude, who's the rightful heir to the throne of England.

Sharon Kay Penman traverses this period in her novel, “When Christ and his Saints Slept”. A warning must initially be signaled that Penman’s novel is a heavy one. The pages immediately introduce a multitude of characters and the story i Before the Tudors and before the Plantagenets; England, France, and much of Europe was comprised of territories up for conquest. When Christ and His Saints Slept., by Sharon Kay Penman. A juicy historical prequel to the epic of Eleanor of Aquitaine. A.D. As church bells tolled for the death of England's King Henry I, his barons faced the unwelcome prospect of being ruled by a woman: Henry's beautiful daughter Maude, Countess of Anjou. When Christ and His Saints Slept (UK edition) Twelfth-century England, a land of treachery, high passions and shifting allegiances, is plunged into chaos as the Empress Maude and her cousin Stephen become locked in a bitter struggle for the throne lasting twenty years. Categories: All Books, The Angevin Novels UK, UK editions.