6/24/2023 0 Comments Time and chance penman novel![]() ![]() Here I am finally with book two in that series. Years ago, I read the first novel in the Angevin “trilogy” (now at five books, ha), When Christ and His Saints Slept (also here). It makes it very hard for me to keep them straight. Also, the English monarchs tend to reuse the same names over and over. ![]() I’m resigned this seems to be a feature of how my brain works (or doesn’t), as I certainly don’t think it’s a feature of Penman’s work. Individual characters, emotions, and relationships resonate, but I find I can retain almost nothing about the monarchies, battles, and power struggles – the real *history* – she has so meticulously researched. (I have read 7 of her 15 to date, and she’s still writing, thank goodness!) It’s funny, but for me, what lasts about these books is not detail, but feeling. Sharon Kay Penman writes epic historical novels that I love to sink into. ![]()
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