The Reckoning is a novel about a Celtic society on a collision course with a formidable feudal realm ruled by the most predatory of Plantagenet kings. He has named his charming but untrustworthy brother Davydd as heir, knowing full well the danger. Once plighted to Simon's daughter Ellen, but released from that troth by her father's death, Llewelyn has never married. For his Welsh ally Llewelyn ap Gruffydd, ruling uneasily over his fractious countrymen, they have meant a tense, unstable truce with Edward, now casting covetous eyes on Wales.
In truth, though Henry wears the crown, his son Edward rules the kingdom.įor de Montfort's family, these years have meant anguish and exile. Five years have passed since the brutal slaying of Simon de Montfort assured the puppet king his throne. England, 1271: The last year of the reign of Henry III.
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