Synopsis
Sharon Penman's Here Be Dragons is an absorbing historical novel of power and betrayal, loyalty and political intrigue in thirteenth-century England, Wales and France.
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 illegitimate daughter, Joanna, who slowly grows...
Details
26 July 2012800 pages
9781447228424Imprint: Pan
Reviews
A masterful picture of Wales in the thirteenth century . . . vividly pictured as grandly beautiful, its people volatile, stubborn, and mysticThe San Diego Union
With a fidelity to historical detail, a deep understanding of the period, a lucid, felicitous prose style, a sensitivity to nuances of character, and a sure sense of drama, the new novel by the author of The Sunne in Splendour is an engrossing talePublishers Weekly
Remarkable . . . Her writing is faultless, deftly interweaving the threads of the various story lines into a glowing, living tapestry . . . This is storytelling at its finestUnited Press International
