num_pages: 908
description: With this novel Sharon Penman moves to a new set of characters and to 12th Century England and the early civil war between Stephen and his cousin, The Empress Made - A long fight to won the English throne. Stephen was handsome, unreliable and beguiling. Maude was courageous, beautiful and insanely arrogant. They fought for twenty years and devastated England. Their flair for dramatic events and immense catastrophes made sure that they were never boring.
language: English
title: When Christ and His Saints Slept
titlecomplete: When Christ and His Saints Slept (Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1)
characters: Eleanor of Aquitaine, Geoffrey of Anjou, Brien FitzCount, Henry II of England, Robert Fitzroy, 1st Earl of Gloucester, Adeliza of Louvain, Empress Matilda, Stephen of England, Louis VII of France
genres: Historical, Plantagenet, 12th Century, France, Medieval, War, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Romance, British Literature
ratings_count: 16329
places: France, England
series: Plantagenets, Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine
publisher: Penguin