The Welsh Borders, 1069. When Ashdyke Manor is attacked, Lady Christen is forced to witness her husband’s murder and the pillaging of her lands at the hands of brutal Norman invaders. It seems the pain is finally over when Miles Le Gallois, Lord of Milnham-on-Wye, calls off the attack. But he has Christen’s brother under […]
The Irish Princess by Elizabeth Chadwick
Ireland, 1152. The King of Leinster, awaiting news of his newborn child, is disappointed to hear he has a daughter. Diarmait MacMurchada wanted another strapping son to shoulder a spear, wield a sword, and protect his kingdom. But from the moment Diarmait held the newborn Aoife knew she would be his most precious treasure. 1166. […]
The Irish Princess by Elizabeth Chadwick
The Irish Princess by Elizabeth Chadwick
Lost and found: remembering William Marshal, the Greatest Knight
Historian and novelist Elizabeth Chadwick writes for Historia about the life of William Marshal, Earl of Pembroke, soldier, statesman and regent of England, to mark the 800th anniversary of his death in 1219,