When Christ and His Saints Slept

By Sharon Kay Penman

Categories: History, Literature & Fiction

Sharon Kay Penman's historical novel of the Anarchy, the twelfth-century civil war between Stephen and Maud over the English throne, ending with the rise of Henry II.

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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.”