A pride of kings

Book info: A pride of kings (Paperback, 160 pages – New English Library Ltd, 1978) – New English Library Ltd, 1978. Language: Eng.

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The first king whom William Marshal met had nearly hanged him. That was Stephen of Blois. Years later, William Marshal, the landless, penniless younger son who earned his living with his sword on the tourney fields of Europe, and rose to the highest office in the land under the crown, served five kings of the great Plantagenet line. One died in his arms, one accused him without cause, one raised him to high honours, another turned against him.Throughout it all, William Marshal never swerved in his loyalty to the quarrelsome, unpredictable, charming and autocratic brood of Henry II, founder of the Plantagenet dynasty.A Pride of Kings is the first of a series of novels which tell the story of the Plantagenet monarchs through the eyes of the men and women who served them, loved them or betrayed them.