Within The Hollow Crown Author:Margaret Campbell Barnes In The Month of Roses, Things Always Happened to Richard-- — His father, the Black Prince, died in June; he came to England in June; and his flaming ardor for his first queen and only beloved, exquisite Anne of Bohemia, was born on the turbulent June night he had planned a tryst with another woman. — It was also the month when this sensitive, hand... more »some young king relinquished boyhood and put his life at stake to placate pitchfork-bearing rebels, starting his lifelong battle of wits to free the peasants from oppression and pull England from the morass of war.
Suspense, seething emotions, and rare tenderness animate a warm, intimate view of the most complex, controversial British ruler in history, his passionate love for Anne of Bohemia, and the glittering lusty panorama of the Middle Ages.« less