This is storytelling at its finest.” - United Press International Her writing is faultless, deftly interweaving the threads of the various story lines into a glowing, living tapestry. Penman deftly makes the mesh work.” - The Washington Post Book World History and fiction bound up together in historical novels have always had their own uneasy alliance. “There is everything in Here Be Dragons but dragons: princesses held captive in stone towers, bloody wars, princes scheming to dethrone their own brothers, castles under siege, maidens in distress, power struggles for half of civilization, rampant infidelity, lusting, mead guzzling, wine drinking, love affairs that topple kingdoms-how did England survive the thirteenth century?. vividly pictured as grandly beautiful, its people volatile, stubborn, and mystic.” - The San Diego Union “A masterful picture of Wales in the thirteenth century.
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