Wife to the Bastard

Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book Wife to the Bastard by Hilda Lewis, The History Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Hilda Lewis ISBN: 9780752480404
Publisher: The History Press Publication: November 30, 2011
Imprint: The History Press Language: English
Author: Hilda Lewis
ISBN: 9780752480404
Publisher: The History Press
Publication: November 30, 2011
Imprint: The History Press
Language: English

Matilda of Flanders, queen to William the Conqueror was beautiful, exquisitely small, clever, with a perfect courtesy trained in the rigid school of medieval manners. But within lay a root of darkness—inheritance, perhaps, of Viking ancestors. Twice, at least, in her lifetime the Viking streak broke through, in vengeance on a faithless lover, in fury wreaked on a rival of the marriagebed. The marriage, though fruitful of so many children, was on her side no match of love. But a passionate loyalty to her husband, an equally passionate ambition, together with her own sense of justice, gave her the will and the skill to dissemble her feelings and to make her the praise of Christendom. No Queen ever wielded so much power as she in the long years she ruled Normandy; before her no woman in England was ever crowned or known as Queen.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Matilda of Flanders, queen to William the Conqueror was beautiful, exquisitely small, clever, with a perfect courtesy trained in the rigid school of medieval manners. But within lay a root of darkness—inheritance, perhaps, of Viking ancestors. Twice, at least, in her lifetime the Viking streak broke through, in vengeance on a faithless lover, in fury wreaked on a rival of the marriagebed. The marriage, though fruitful of so many children, was on her side no match of love. But a passionate loyalty to her husband, an equally passionate ambition, together with her own sense of justice, gave her the will and the skill to dissemble her feelings and to make her the praise of Christendom. No Queen ever wielded so much power as she in the long years she ruled Normandy; before her no woman in England was ever crowned or known as Queen.

More books from The History Press

Cover of the book Gas Masks for Goal Posts by Hilda Lewis
Cover of the book Legends of the Stars by Hilda Lewis
Cover of the book Thames Ironworks by Hilda Lewis
Cover of the book VCs Passchendaele 1917 by Hilda Lewis
Cover of the book Greatest Storm by Hilda Lewis
Cover of the book Ipswich Book of Days by Hilda Lewis
Cover of the book Schoolboy's War in Sussex by Hilda Lewis
Cover of the book Port Vale Miscellany by Hilda Lewis
Cover of the book Dictionary of Celtic Saints by Hilda Lewis
Cover of the book Kingsnorth Airship Station by Hilda Lewis
Cover of the book Homer's Secret Odyssey by Hilda Lewis
Cover of the book Big Ben by Hilda Lewis
Cover of the book D-Day by Hilda Lewis
Cover of the book Hitler's Spy Princess by Hilda Lewis
Cover of the book East Lothian Folk Tales for Children by Hilda Lewis
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy