Shadows and Strongholds
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Published: July 1, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9780316860338
Subjects: Modern fiction; Fiction
First sentence: On the day that Brunin FitzWarin encountered the men who were to change and shape his life, he was ten years old and wandering the booths of St Peter's Fair unchaperoned.
Description: Nine-year-old Fulke FitzWarin leaves his family to be fostered in the household of Joscelin de Dinan, Lord of Ludlow. Here Fulke will learn knightly arts, but before he can succeed, he must overcome the deep-seated doubts that hold him back. Hawise FitzWarin is Joscelin's youngest daughter and she befriends Fulke. As they grow up, an implacable enemy threatens Ludlow and as the pressure mounts, their friendship changes until one fateful day they find themselves staring at each other across a divide. Not only does Fulke have to overcome the shadows of his childhood, he faces a Welsh threat to his family's lands, and the way he feels about Hawise endangers all his hard won confidence. As the menace to Ludlow intensifies, he must either confront the future head on, or fail on all counts, not knowing if Hawise stands with or against him.