Falls the Shadow - Softcover

Sharon Penman

4.4

10,190 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345360338 ISBN 13: 9780345360335

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1989

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"A marvelous literary and historical achievement...Impossible to put down."
THE BOSTON HERALD
This is Simon de Montfort's story--and the story of King Henry III, as weak and changeable as Montfort was brash and unbending. It is a saga of two opposing wills that would later clash in a storm of violence and betrayal, a story straight from the pages of history that brings the world of the thirteenth century comletely, provocatively, and magnificently alive. Above all, this is a story of conflict and treachery, of human frailty and broken legends, a tale of pageantry and grandeur that is as unforgettable as it is real....

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"A marvelous literary and historical achievement.... Impossible to put down." ---"Boston"" ""Herald
""Absorbing. . . . [Penman] manages to illuminate the alien shadowland of the Middle Ages and populate it with vital characters whose politics and passions are as vivid as our own." ---"San Francisco"" Chronicle
""A remarkably detailed look at how people lived in medieval England and Wales. . . .Worth reading." ---"The Plain Dealer"" (Cleveland)
""A vivid portrait of a lost time . . . full of fascinating personality studies . . . Once you enter her world you're hooked." ---"Seattle"" Post-Intelligencer"""

“A marvelous literary and historical achievement.... Impossible to put down.” ---"Boston"" ""Herald
"“Absorbing. . . . [Penman] manages to illuminate the alien shadowland of the Middle Ages and populate it with vital characters whose politics and passions are as vivid as our own.” ---"San Francisco"" Chronicle
"“A remarkably detailed look at how people lived in medieval England and Wales. . . .Worth reading.” ---"The Plain Dealer"" (Cleveland)
"“A vivid portrait of a lost time . . . full of fascinating personality studies . . . Once you enter her world you’re hooked.” ---"Seattle"" Post-Intelligencer"""

"A marvelous literary and historical achievement.... Impossible to put down." ---"Boston""""Herald
""Absorbing. . . . [Penman] manages to illuminate the alien shadowland of the Middle Ages and populate it with vital characters whose politics and passions are as vivid as our own." ---"San Francisco"" Chronicle
""A remarkably detailed look at how people lived in medieval England and Wales. . . .Worth reading." ---"The Plain Dealer"" (Cleveland)
""A vivid portrait of a lost time . . . full of fascinating personality studies . . . Once you enter her world you're hooked." ---"Seattle"" Post-Intelligencer"""

A marvelous literary and historical achievement . Impossible to put down. "Boston Herald"

Absorbing. . . . [Penman] manages to illuminate the alien shadowland of the Middle Ages and populate it with vital characters whose politics and passions are as vivid as our own. "San Francisco Chronicle"

A remarkably detailed look at how people lived in medieval England and Wales. . . .Worth reading. "The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)"

A vivid portrait of a lost time . . . full of fascinating personality studies . . . Once you enter her world you're hooked. "Seattle Post-Intelligencer""

A marvelous literary and historical achievement . Impossible to put down. Boston Herald

Absorbing. . . . [Penman] manages to illuminate the alien shadowland of the Middle Ages and populate it with vital characters whose politics and passions are as vivid as our own. San Francisco Chronicle

A remarkably detailed look at how people lived in medieval England and Wales. . . .Worth reading. The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

A vivid portrait of a lost time . . . full of fascinating personality studies . . . Once you enter her world you're hooked. Seattle Post-Intelligencer

-A marvelous literary and historical achievement.... Impossible to put down.- --Boston Herald

-Absorbing. . . . [Penman] manages to illuminate the alien shadowland of the Middle Ages and populate it with vital characters whose politics and passions are as vivid as our own.- --San Francisco Chronicle

-A remarkably detailed look at how people lived in medieval England and Wales. . . .Worth reading.- --The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

-A vivid portrait of a lost time . . . full of fascinating personality studies . . . Once you enter her world you're hooked. - --Seattle Post-Intelligencer

"A marvelous literary and historical achievement.... Impossible to put down." --Boston Herald

"Absorbing. . . . [Penman] manages to illuminate the alien shadowland of the Middle Ages and populate it with vital characters whose politics and passions are as vivid as our own." --San Francisco Chronicle

"A remarkably detailed look at how people lived in medieval England and Wales. . . .Worth reading." --The Plain Dealer (Cleveland)

"A vivid portrait of a lost time . . . full of fascinating personality studies . . . Once you enter her world you're hooked. " --Seattle Post-Intelligencer

About the Author:

Sharon Kay Penman is the author of six critically acclaimed historical novels and four medieval mysteries, one of which was a finalist for an Edgar Award for Best First Mystery from the Mystery Writers of America.

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