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Book Number | 12101801 |
Author: | Bernard Knight |
Title: | Lion Rampant - Bernard Knight. (1st Edition) |
ISBN: | 0-7091-3082-1 |
Year Published: | 1972 |
Edition: | 1st Edition |
Publisher: | Robert Hale & Company |
Cover Type: | Hard Cover |
Book Grading: | Very Good +. Text block tight and square. Pages unmarked. Binding solid. There is a crease on the spine running from top to bottom. Lettering in gold on the spine still bright. |
Jacket Grading: | Good-. Some paper loss at top and bottom of spine. Closed tears from 10mm to 20mm on all corners. Edges scuffed and jacket has dirt marks at the back, as well as a 15mm closed tear. Not price clipped. |
Pages: | 285 |
Size: | 135x205mm |
Weight: | 375g |
Price: | 150 |
Description: | Probably the most romantic, exciting and yet most tragic story to come out of the Norman conquest of Wales. Nest was the daughter of Rhys ap Tewdwr, ruler of South Wales, and became known as Helen of Wales, not only because of her beauty, but also for the passions she aroused in so many men, which led to wars and vendetta. When her father was slain by the Normans, she became ward, then mistress of King Henry I of England, who gave her in marriage to Gerald of Windsor, castellan of Pembroke. At Christmas 1109, she was abducted, albeit willingly, from Cilgerran Castle by her cousin Owain, her husband having ot escape through the privy shaft. This lead to years of unrest and warfare, both between various Welsh factions and between them and the Normans, culminating in her husband's revenge. |