ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS
'If you do not appreciate this superb novel. I despair of you'
TRIBUNE
'a rattling good story'
ROSALEEN WHATELY, LIVERPOOL DAILY POST
'Beside this dramatic and intense book almost any other historical novel would appear banal'
Product Description
England in the reign of King John - a time of beauty and squalor, of swift treachery and unswerving loyalty. Against this violent background, the story of Harry Talvace, master mason, unfolds.
About the Author
Edith Pargeter was a distinguished author of historical fiction. Her work includes the BROTHERS OF GWYNED quartet and HEAVEN TREE trilogy. Under the pseudonym Ellis Peters she wrote twenty bestselling medieaval whodunnits featuring Brother Cadfael as the sleuthing monk. She lived in Shropshire until her death in October 1995.
