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Book II of The Conquerer. For twenty-one years, William the Conqueror had ruled England with an iron fist but his sudden death leaves the country in turmoil. He left England to William Rufus and Normandy to Robert. To his youngest son Henry, he left five thousand pounds in silver and the advice to take care of it and himself, for he would survive his brothers to become England's King. Henry's life was now precarious - being landless, he was a threat to his brothers and a crucial pawn in the coming family power struggle. But with great power comes great danger, and Henry soon finds that he will need all his father’s physical courage and political cunning if he is to survive and claim his place in the line of succession. He had to stay alive... -
When William the Bastard died, he left England to William Rufus and Normandy to Robert. To his youngest son, Henry, he left five thousand pounds in silver and the advice to take care of it and himself, for he would survive his brothers to become England's King. In due course, he obtained land from the improvident Robert and proved himself to be an able lord. His brothers now felt threatened and decided he needed curbing by penniless exile in Europe. But time would prove his father to be right... An extremely good author who can write a factual historical story without turning it into a romance. Cover art by Ken White.
