When Christ and His Saints Slept

When Christ and His Saints SleptA. D. 1135. 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. But before Maude could claim her throne, her cousin Stephen seized it. In their long and bitter struggle, all of England bled and burned. Sharon Kay Penman's magnificent fifth novel summons to life a spectacular medieval tragedy whose unfolding breaks the

A.D. 1135. 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. But before Maude could claim her throne, her cousin Stephen seized it. In their long and bitter struggle, all of England bled and burned.

Sharon Kay Penman's magnificent fifth novel summons to life a spectacular medieval tragedy whose unfolding breaks the heart even as it prepares the way for splendors to come--the glorious age of Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Plantagenets that would soon illumine the world.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 02/06/1996
ISBN: 9780345396686
Pages: 784
Weight: 1.34lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.60w x 1.34d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 12/11/1995

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 67004 / When Christ and His Saints Slept
Reading Level: 7.7 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 61