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December 2015
On Sale: November 24, 2015
Featuring: Emma; Stephen; Matilda
352 pages
ISBN: 0062282573
EAN: 9780062282576
Kindle: B00KPV6UZI
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Thriller | Historical
A powerful historical novel by the late Ariana Franklin
and her daughter Samantha Norman, The Siege Winter is a
tour de force mystery and murder, adventure and intrigue,
a battle for a crown, told by two courageous young women
whose fates are intertwined in twelfth century England’s
devastating civil war. 1141. England is engulfed in war as King Stephen and his
cousin, the Empress Matilda, vie for the crown. In this
dangerous world, not even Emma, an eleven-year-old
peasant, is safe. A depraved monk obsessed with redheads
kidnaps the ginger-haired girl from her village and
leaves her for dead. When an archer for hire named Gwyl
finds her, she has no memory of her previous life. Unable
to abandon her, Gwyl takes the girl with him, dressing
her as a boy, giving her a new name—Penda—and teaching
her to use a bow. But Gwyn knows that the man who hurt
Penda roams free, and that a scrap of evidence she
possesses could be very valuable. Gwyl and Penda make their way to Kenilworth, a small but
strategically important fortress that belongs to fifteen-
year-old Maud. Newly wedded to a boorish and much older
husband after her father’s death, the fierce and
determined young chatelaine tempts fate and Stephen’s
murderous wrath when she gives shelter to the empress. Aided by a garrison of mercenaries, including Gwyl and
his odd red-headed apprentice, Maud will stave off
Stephen’s siege for a long, brutal winter that will bring
a host of visitors to Kenilworth—kings, soldiers . . .
and a sinister monk with deadly business to finish.
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