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      When Christ and His Saints Slept

      by Sharon Kay Penman
      Published
      Apr 1995
      Main Genre
      Historical Historical
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      784
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      Series
      Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine Book 1

      About This Book

      In When Christ and His Saints Slept master storyteller and historian Sharon Kay Penman illuminates one of the lesser-known but fascinating periods of English history.

      The next addition in this highly acclaimed historical fiction series of the middle ages, and the first of a trilogy that will tell the story of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. When Christ and His Saints Slept begins with the death of King Henry I, son of William the Conqueror and father of Maude, his only living legitimate offspring.

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      General Fiction

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      Historical

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      Military

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      Feb 1996 Ballantine ISBN 0345396685
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