The Land Beyond the Sea
Categories: History, Literature & Fiction
Sharon Kay Penman's final novel, published in 2020, is set in the twelfth-century Kingdom of Jerusalem, the crusader state known as Outremer. It follows Balian d'Ibelin, a nobleman torn between loyalty and survival, and the leper king Baldwin IV as the kingdom faces bitter internal rivalries and the rising power of Saladin, leading to the Battle of Hattin and the fall of Jerusalem in 1187.
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- Hillary Clinton: “I've recently discovered the historical novels by Sharon K. Penman. I'm reading her series about King Henry and Eleanor of Aquitaine. Very interesting, not only well done, but really engrossing.”