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Lords of the White Castle
by Elizabeth Chadwick
Short listed for the Parker Romantic Novel of the Year 2002. |
| | Read Elizabeth Chadwick's latest novel. Based on a true story - the Fitzwarin family were Welsh Marcher barons, feuding for decades with the de Powys family over the ownership of Whittington Castle. Fulke is a squire who alienates Prince John when he beats him at chess and jousting. King Richard agrees Whittington Castle belongs to the Fitzwarins and starts the official paperwork, but dies before it is finished. King John is happy to reverse the decision and give it to the de Powys family. Fulke fights Morys de Powys and is wounded. He is nursed back to health by Mathilda, whom he's known since childhood and who is married to a man much older than herself, though he is ill. Fulke and Mathilda eventually marry and continue the fight for the Fitzwarin home. |
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Shadows and Strongholds
by Elizabeth Chadwick |
| | A Mediaeval tale of pride and strife, of coming of age in a world where chivalry is a luxury seldom afforded, especially by men of power. An awkward misfit, loathed by his powerful and autocratic grandmother, nine-year-old Fulke FitzWarin leaves his family to be fostered in the household of Joscelin de Dinan, Lord of Ludlow. Here Fulke will learn knightly arts, but before he can succeed, he must overcome the deep-seated doubts that hold him back. Hawise FitzWarin is Joscelin's youngest daughter and she befriends Fulke. As they grow up, an implacable enemy threatens Ludlow and as the pressure mounts, their friendship changes until one fateful day they find themselves staring at each other across a divide. Not only does Fulke have to overcome the shadows of his childhood, he faces a Welsh threat to his family's lands, and the way he feels about Hawise endangers all his hard won confidence. As the menace to Ludlow intensifies, he must either confront the future head on, or fail on all counts, not knowing if Hawise stands with or against him. |
| The Keys to Avalon
by Steve Blake and Scott Lloyd
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| | This text finally reveals the true birthplace of Arthur and establishes a radical view of the history of Ancient Britain. The authors relocate the myths of Arthur and Avalon and place them firmly in the reality of the geographical landscape of North Wales. |
The Medieval Garden
by Sylvia Landsberg
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| | As well as food and medicine, the medieval garden provided pleasure, repose and refreshment to the senses. From detailed manuscript descriptions and illustrations, this work presents a picture of the various styles of medieval garden from the small enclosed herber to vast cultivated parks of royalty.. |
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