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Great Maria
Cecelia Holland

A Robber Baron's Daughter Fights for her Destiny.

Sourcebooks Landmark
August 2010
On Sale: August 1, 2010
Featuring: Maria; Richard D'Alene
560 pages
ISBN: 1402244460
EAN: 9781402244469
Trade Size (reprint)
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Historical

A woman in Norman Sicily makes her way by marriage, guile, courage and love.

First published in 1974, GREAT MARIA takes place in Southern Italy, where Maria, a young daughter of a Norman robber baron, marries Richard D'Alene, an ambitious if dull knight. Secretly she prefers his more handsome younger brother Roger, but accepts her lot. Their relationship is at once strong, passionate, and contentious. As Richard increases his hold over the area through successful warfare and enlightened leadership, Maria begins to share in some of the power as a kingship drifts withing their grasp.

A strong, independent thinker who is courageous with the cards she is dealt, Maria pushes boundaries, she eavesdrops, she schemes, she lusts over others; she is human and more lovable because of it.

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