![]() On the other hand, though, this isn’t an action oriented tale. At its length, that is virtually a given. ![]() She allows us to immerse ourselves in a world that is distinctly not our own, but allows us to relate to historical characters that, after all, were just people. Her previous work in this trilogy, Time and Chance, was probably her weakest effort, but I still loved it, and I loved this one more. ![]() She is the origin of my over-the-top love for everything Richard III and I have eagerly consumed all of her previous historical novels. In Devil’s Brood, Sharon Kay Penman elucidates the very human struggle of sons against father, husband against wife, and country against country as all control slips out of Henry II’s fingers, bit by bit. Nearly everyone knows of the chaos that these four sons wreaked on the Angevin Empire they embroiled it in warfare, usually against their father, and wound up losing much of it to the French king, Philip Augustus. ![]() ![]() Between them, they control England and most of France, and in an age of very slow travel, they struggle in many ways, particularly where their children are concerned. Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine lead a very hectic life. *If you don’t know the history, this review does contain spoilers* ![]()
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