num_pages: 252
description: This is H A Culleys second historical novel about the Norman period. When King Henry I dies his nephew Stephen of Blois and his daughter the Empress Maud battle for the throne of England: a struggle which lasts for nineteen years in the mid Eleventh Century. This period when law and order ceased and many barons raided and pillaged with little restraint is vividly portrayed through the eyes of the various participants. The story centres around two members of the de Cuille family: one is loyal to Henry Prince of Scotland and earl of Northumberland who supports the Empress Maud and one remains faithful to Stephen. Each has to find their own way of dealing with the misfortune that the conflict brings in its wake.Towards the end of the struggle for power Henry of Anjou Mauds son plays an increasingly important role. One of his companions comes from another branch of de Cuille family in Maine. The war ends when Henry becomes the first Plantagenet king and the various members of the de Cuille family find fate has favoured some and left others dispossessed.
language: None
title: England in Anarchy
publisher: Orchard House Publishing