SHADOWS AND STRONGHOLDS


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As you should know Tuesdays is book blog day were we talk about one particular book and pretty much run with it. Today's blog is on the book Shadows and Strongholds by Elizabeth Chadwick.

A medieval tale of pride and strife, of coming-of-age in a world where chivalry is a luxury seldom afforded, especially by men of power.

England, 1148—Ten year old Brunin Fitzwarren is an awkward misfit in his own family. A quiet child, he is tormented by his brothers and loathed by his powerful and autrocratic grandmother. In an attempt to encourage Brunin's development, his father sends him to be fostered in the household of Joscelin De Dinan, Lord of Ludlow. Here Brunin will learn knightly arts, but before he can succeed, he must overcome the deep-seated doubts that hold him back.

Hawise, the youngest daughter of Lord Joscelin, soon forms a strong friendship with Brunin. Family loyalties mean that her father, with the young Brunin as his squire must aid prince henry of Anjou in his battle with King Stephan for the English crown. Meanwhile, Ludlow itself comes under threat from Joscelin's rival, Gilbert De Lacy. As the war for the crown rages, and De Lacy becomes more assertive in his claims for Ludlow, Brunin and Hawise are drawn into each other's arms.

Now Brunin must defeat the shadows of his childhood and put to use all that he has learned. As the Pressure on Ludlow intensifies and a new welsh threat emerges against his own families lands, Brunin must confront the future head on, or fail on all counts...

- Shadows and Strongholds Goodreads page.

Shadows and Strongholds was published in July 2004 with a republish by St. Martins Press on November 29th 2005 and is part of the Fitzwarren Novels of which Lords of the White castle is second (despite being written in 2000). If you know me at all the you'll know that Historical fiction is one of my favourite genres to read and truth be told, I bought shadows and strongholds on a whim whilst I was prowling through WHSmiths, I had been looking for something else completely different at the time. I love the book and part from a few little niggly bits of the book, I highly recommend it to any and all readers who will listen and rate it a 9/10.

Elizabeth Chadwick was born in Bury, Lancashire in 1957 and after spending a few of her childhood years living in Scotland, moved to Nottingham when she was ten and has remained there ever since. Being a storyteller all her life Chadwick, from the age of fifteen started writing, a foray into historical fiction as her first novel led her to the realisation she wanted to write historical fiction for a living. In 1989 after several years of writing and work being rejected despite winning several competitions, a literary agent became interested in Chadwick's work, specifically the Wild Hunt. The book was auctioned off and a year later the book won a Betty Trask award, which was presented to Chadwick by the Prince of Wales.
Chadwick is one of Britain's foremost Historical novelists and has been called “The best writer of Medieval Fiction currently around” by the Historical Novel Society. Chadwick's work has been published nationally and been translated into 16 languages. Chadwick is renowned for extensive research into the medieval period and specifically the Marshal and Bigod families, with her novels about William Marshal bringing her international acclaim. Elizabeth Chadwick has her own website. The link is down in the bibliography below.

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