Sharon Kay Penman

Devil's Brood

Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine #3

by Sharon Kay Penman

The long-awaited and highly anticipated final volume in Penman's trilogy of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine-a tumultuous conclusion to this timeless story of love, power, ambition, and betrayal.

Where the second...

Dragon's Lair

Justin de Quincy #3

by Sharon Kay Penman

The long-awaited third novel in Sharon Kay Penman's much-loved medieval mystery series.

July 1193: Richard Lionheart, eldest and most favored son of Dowager Queen Eleanor of Aquitane, languishes in an Austrian...

Time and Chance

Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine #2

by Sharon Kay Penman

The long-awaited sequel to Sharon Kay Penman's acclaimed novel When Christ and His Saints Slept, Time and Chance recounts the tempestuous marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II in a magnificent story...

The Reckoning

Welsh Princes #3

by Sharon Kay Penman

“Penman’s characters are so shrewdly imagined, so full of resonant human feeling that they seem to breathe on the page.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“Never forget, Llewelyn, that the world’s greatest...

Falls the Shadow

Welsh Princes #2

by Sharon Kay Penman

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,...

Here Be Dragons

Welsh Princes #1

by Sharon Kay Penman

Thirteenth-century Wales is a divided country, ever at the mercy of England’s ruthless, power-hungry King John. Llewelyn, Prince of North Wales, secures an uneasy truce by marrying the English king’s beloved...

The Sunne In Splendour

by Sharon Kay Penman

A glorious novel of the controversial Richard III---a monarch betrayed in life by his allies and betrayed in death by history

In this beautifully rendered modern classic, Sharon Kay Penman redeems Richard III---vilified...

The Queen's Man

Justin de Quincy #1

by Sharon Kay Penman

Epiphany, 1193: the road out of Winchester was hidden by snow, and Justin de Quincy was making slow progress when he heard the first faint shout.  It came again, louder and clearer, a cry for help.  Spurring...

Cruel as the Grave

Justin de Quincy #2

by Sharon Kay Penman

April 1193.  England's King Richard Lionheart languishes in a German prison, and treason scents the air. Richard's younger brother, John, seizes Windsor Castle, and Dowager Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine summons...

When Christ and His Saints Slept

Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine #1

by Sharon Kay Penman

In When Christ and His Saints Slept, the newest addition to her highly acclaimed novels of the middle ages, and the first of a trilogy that will tell the story of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, master storyteller...