The book's basic starting point is the same historical tragedy that launches Ken Follett's "Pillars of the Earth," the sinking of the White Ship and the death of the male heir to the English throne in 1120, and the book covers, in MUCH detail, the next 34 years of struggle between the Empress Maude, Henry I's only surviving legitimate child, and her cousin Stephen, who usurped the throne. Well, "I like big books, and I cannot lie," and this is one big, enjoyable, and immersive read, both on its own and as part of a FIVE part series of similarly large books about the early Plantagenets. This is one huge book, almost 750 pages, so that right there is all some people will want to know, either because they like a big, epic read, but probably more often for the OPPOSITE reason for many others.
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