The Reckoning
Author: Sharon Kay Penman
Penman’s characters are so shrewdly imagined, so full of resonant human feeling that they seem to be on the page….Most compelling is the portrait of the Welsh as wild and rugged as their landscape.SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLEHere, alive from the pages of history, is the compelling tale of a Celtic society ruled by Llewelyn, Prince of Wales, on a collison course with a feuda….Read More
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