The siege winter [large print]

Title:

Author:

Franklin, Ariana, author.

Added Author:

Norman, Samantha, author.

Edition:

Large print edition.

Publication Date:

2015

2014

Publication Information:

Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2015.

Physical Description:

545 pages (large print) ; 23 cm

ISBN:

9781410478610

Abstract:

1141. England is engulfed in war as King Stephen and his cousin, the Empress Matilda, vie for the crown. In this dangerous world, a depraved monk obsessed with redheads kidnaps Emma, an eleven-year old peasant, and leaves her for dead. When Gwil, an archer for hire, finds her, Emma has no memory of her previous life. Gwil dresses her as a boy, names her Penda, and teaches her to use a bow. Together they make their way to the small but strategic castle of fifteen-year old Maud, who has tempted fate by giving shelter to the empress. But there is one man who hasn't forgotten the little red-haired girl. He has some unfinished business with her and he is determined to finish it. And one freezing winter in a castle completely besieged, he might well get his chance.

General Note:

"Published in 2015 by arrangement with William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers."

Originally published as Winter siege: Bantam Press, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, 2014.

[This is the last book that Diana Norman wrote (under her pen name of Ariana Franklin) and she was only about halfway through her first draft when she died. Her daughter, Samantha Norman finished the manuscript for her].

Personal Subject:

Stephen, King of England, 1097?-1154-Fiction.

Matilda, Empress, consort of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1102-1167-Fiction.

Subject Term:

Civil war -- Great Britain -- Fiction.

Archers -- Fiction.

Amnesiacs -- Fiction.

Child sexual abuse by clergy -- Fiction.

Sieges -- Fiction.

Princesses -- Great Britain -- Fiction.

Large type books.

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