Devil
By: David Churchill
Series: The leopards of Normandy -- 1
Publisher: Headline
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London, England
Language: eng
Number of pages: 463
ISBN-13: 9781472219213
Subjects: Fiction; History
Description: The fate of England hangs in the balance of a fight between brothers The noble families of Europe are tearing themselves apart in their lust for power and wealth. Emma, Queen of England, is in agony over the succession to her husband Canute's throne ...while her brother, the Duke of Normandy's sons battle in the wake of his death. Robert, the younger son, has been cheated of Normandy's mightiest castle and sets out to take it by force. He emerges from a bloody siege victorious and in love with a beautiful - and pregnant - peasant girl. Robert's child will be mocked as William the bastard. But we have another name for him ...Conqueror.