When Christ and His Saints Slept
Sharon Kay Penman
Henry Holt and Co.
<p><p>In <B><I>When Christ and His Saints Slept,</I></B> the newest addition to her highly acclaimed novels of the middle ages, and the first of a trilogy that will tell the story of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, master storyteller and historian Sharon Kay Penman illuminates one of the less-known but fascinating periods of English history. It begins with the death of King Henry I, son of William the Conqueror and father of Maude, his only living legitimate offspring.</p></p>