He, too, is caught in a continuous battle for survival with rival lords on both sides of the channel and with Philip, the king of France. Meanwhile, John, the youngest son of Henry Plantagenet and Eleanor of Aquitaine, through ruthless shrewdness comes to the throne of England and Norman France. Yet Wales was hopelessly divided in clan warfare. Their lives are intertwined by the daughter of John, Joanna, who becomes the wife of Llewelyn, finding herself torn between loves for father and husband, then husband and son.įrom youthful conflicts while in the house of an English lord through the rest of his life Llewelyn knew that the English were a threat. Summary: The first of the Welsh Princes Trilogy set in the early 13th century, this book explores the conflict between John, the King of England, and Llewelyn, who sought to unify a divided Wales against the English threat.
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