num_pages: 471
description: TIME AND CHANCE, the second part of the trilogy about Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, opens during the glory years of their reign. While Henry redefined the role of medieval kingship, Eleanor gave birth to their children, founding a dynasty that would endure for 300 years. But even in these happy times, shadows were lurking. Battles on two borders. The disastrous appointment of Thomas Becket as Archbishop of Canterbury. And when Henry took lovely young Rosumund Clifford into his bed, little did he realise that in making an enemy of his proud, passionate queen he was making the gravest mistake of all...
language: English
title: Time and Chance
titlecomplete: Time and Chance (Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine, #2)
characters: William  Marshal, Henry the Young King, Thomas Becket, Henry II of England, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Empress Matilda
genres: British Literature, Historical, France, Medieval History, Novels, Plantagenet, Historical Fiction, 12th Century, Fiction, Medieval
ratings_count: 8725
places: England
series: Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, Plantagenets
publisher: Penguin Books, Limited (UK)