Leopards and lilies.
By: by Alfred Duggan
Publisher: Faber
Published: 1960
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
First sentence: For more than ten years, ever since the King returned in defeat from Normandy, England had been restless; order never quite broke down, but in castles and walled towns there had been gatherings of armed men, blustering and exaggerating their strength to overawe their opponents, then dispersing to meet again at some other stronghold of faction.
Notes: Originally published (B54-5186) 1954.