Prince of Darkness (43 page)
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Authors: Sharon Penman
III.
Dragon’s Lair
July 1193
As the king languishes in an Austrian dungeon, a ransom payment goes missing in Wales, itself wracked by rebellion and intrigue. Into this maelstrom, Eleanor sends her trusted man, Justin de Quincy.
Dragon’s Lair
is available
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.
December 1193
De Quincy must aid his former foe, the King’s brother John, and unravel a conspiracy that threatens to change the course of history.
Prince of Darkness
is available
here
.
SHARON PENMAN is the author of eight critically acclaimed historical novels:
The Sunne in Splendour
,
Here be Dragons
,
Falls the Shadow
,
The Reckoning
,
When Christ and his Saints Slept
,
Time and Chance
,
Devil’s Brood
and
Lionheart
. She has also written four medieval mysteries. Her first,
The Queen’s Man
, was a finalist for an Edgar Award for Best First Mystery from the Mystery Writers of America. Her other mysteries are
Cruel as the Grave
,
Dragon’s Lair
, and
Prince of Darkness
. She lives in New Jersey.
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First published in 2005 by A Marian Wood Book an imprint of G. P. Putnam’s Sons
First published in the UK in 2013 by Head of Zeus Ltd
Copyright © Sharon Penman, 2005
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Prologue:
December 1193
: St-Malo, Brittany
Chapter I:
December 1193
: Genêts, Normandy
Chapter II:
December 1193
: St Albans, England
Chapter III:
January 1194
: London, England
Chapter IV:
January 1194
: Paris, France
Chapter V:
January 1194
: St Albans, England
Chapter VI:
January 1194
: Ellesmere, England
Chapter VII:
January 1194
: Paris, France
Chapter VIII:
January 1194
: Laval, Maine
Chapter IX:
February 1194
: Laval, Maine
Chapter X:
February 1194
: Mont St Michel, Normandy
Chapter XI:
February 1194
: Antrain, Brittany
Chapter XII:
February 1194
: Mont St Michel, Normandy
Chapter XIII:
February 1194
: Genêts, Normandy
Chapter XIV:
February 1194
: Mont St Michel, Normandy
Chapter XV:
February 1194
: Road to Fougères, Brittany
Chapter XVI:
February 1194
: Fougères Castle, Brittany
Chapter XVII:
February 1194
: St James de Beuvron, Brittany
Chapter XVIII:
February 1194
: Road to Fougères, Brittany
Chapter XIX:
March 1194
: Laval, Maine
Chapter XX:
March 1194
: Paris, France
Chapter XXI:
March 1194
: Paris, France
Chapter XXII:
March 1194
: Paris, France
Chapter XXIII:
March 1194
: Paris, France
Chapter XXIV:
March 1194
: Paris, France
Chapter XXV:
March 1194
: London, England