A Pride of Kings Author:Juliet Dymoke Landless and penniless, William Marshal became the most celebrated knight in all of Europe, his prowess on the tourney fields enabling him to rise to power and serve five kings of England. Throughout their reigns, through both fortune and disfavor, William Marshal never swerved in his loyalty to the quarrelsome, unpredictable, autocratic brood o... more »f Henry II, founder of the great Plantagenet dynasty.« less