Falls the Shadow -- Sharon Kay Penman

<p>Simon de Montfort was a man ahead of his time in the thirteenth century, a disinherited Frenchman who talked his way into an English earldom and marriage with a sister of the English king, Henry III. A charismatic, obstinate leader, Simon soon lost patience with the king's incompetence and inability to keep his word, and found himself the champion of the common people. <p/>This is his story, and the story of Henry III, as weak and changeable as Simon was brash and unbending. It is a tale of opposing wills that would eventually clash in a storm of violence and betrayal--an irresistible saga that brings the pages of history completely, provocatively, and magnificently alive.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Sharon Kay Penman<br><b>Publisher:</b> St. Martin's Griffin<br><b>Published:</b> 08/19/2008<br><b>Pages:</b> 592<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 1.01lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 9.20h x 4.30w x 1.00d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780312382469<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><p>For many years while she was a student and then a tax lawyer, <b>Sharon Kay Penman</b> (1945-2021) worked on a novel about the life of Richard III and The War of the Roses. After the original manuscript was stolen from her car, Penman rewrote the entire novel that would become <i>The Sunne in Splendour</i>. <p/>Penman is the author of ten critically acclaimed and <i>New York Times</i> best selling historical novels and four medieval mysteries featuring Justin de Quincy. The first book in the series, <i>The