Karla B. (gaslight) - , reviewed on 10/9/2009 + 145 more book reviews

Penman draws a real sympathetic portrait of the complex Maud, who has to fight the nobility, her kinsman King Stephen, as well as her own husband and dark impulses that dismay her supporters. Her bent towards self-destruction clears the way for her son Henry II to claim the throne and start a rocky future of his own.

Excellent book, excellent Penman!

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