Here Be Dragons
Sharon Kay Penman
St. Martin's Publishing Group
<P>Thirteenth-century Wales is a divided country, ever at the mercy of England&#8217;s ruthless, power-hungry King John. Llewelyn, Prince of North Wales, secures an uneasy truce by marrying the English king&#8217;s beloved illegitimate daughter, Joanna, who slowly grows to love her charismatic and courageous husband. But as John&#8217;s attentions turn again and again to subduing Wales---and Llewelyn---Joanna must decide where her love and loyalties truly lie.</P><P>The turbulent clashes of two disparate worlds and the destinies of the&nbsp;individuals caught between them spring to life in this magnificent novel of power and passion, loyalty and lies. The book that began the trilogy that includes <I>Falls the Shadow</I> and <I>The Reckoning,</I> <I>Here Be Dragons</I> brings thirteenth-century England, France, and Wales to tangled, tempestuous life.</P>