At the same time, Prince John is scheming to steal the English crown from his brother. Before Llewelyn is thirty he regains control of all of Gwynedd, the northern region of Wales. At the age of fourteen, Llewelyn raises an army with the help of an uncle.
This time away from Wales only increases Llewelyn's love for his homeland, increasing his resolve to regain his father's lands and the title that should have been his. However, Llewelyn is taken out of his native Wales to live in England when his mother marries an English nobleman. Llewelyn is the son of a prince and fiercely patriotic to his country. Here Be Dragons is history brought to life, filled with romance, mystery, and intrigue that will keep even the history phobic glued to the page. Joanna finds herself stuck in the middle of two men she loves, struggling to decide where her loyalties should lie.
However, the marriage is less than a year old when old tensions begin to explode between Llewelyn's Wales and John's England. The marriage is arranged by King John in the hopes of taking Llewelyn as an ally. This novel follows the unique love story of Llewelyn ab Iowerth, Prince of Gwynedd, and the illegitimate daughter of King John of England. Here Be Dragons is the first in a trilogy of historical novels about thirteenth century England and Wales by Sharon Kay Penman.
0 kommentar(er)
