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Time and Chance

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Time and Chance

by Penman, Sharon Kay

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ISBN 10
0399147853
ISBN 13
9780399147852
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New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First printing, hardcover. Briefly INSCRIBED and signed by the author on the title page. Also laid in is an audio CD of the author's reading at "The Tattered Covers" bookstore in Denver where presumabley this book was signed. A trace of wear to the board edges, else a tight fine copy in a fine unflawed dust jacket which is now protected in an archival cover. A nice copy.

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Synopsis

The long-awaited sequel to Sharon Kay Penman's acclaimed novel When Christ and His Saints Slept, Time and Chance recounts the tempestuous marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Henry II in a magnificent story of love, power, ambition-and betrayal.He was nineteen when they married, she eleven years his senior, newly divorced from the King of France. She was beautiful, headstrong, intelligent, and rich. It was said he was Fortune's favorite, but he said a man makes his own luck. Within two years, Henry had made his, winning the throne of England and exercising extraordinary statecraft skills to control his unruly barons, expand his own powers, and restore peace to a land long torn by banditry and bloodshed. Only in one instance did Henry err: Elevating his good friend and confidant Thomas Becket to be Archbishop of Canterbury, he thought to gain control over the Church itself. But the once worldly Becket suddenly discovered God, and their alliance withered in the heat of his newfound zeal. What Becket saw as a holy mission-to protect the Church against State encroachments-Henry saw as arrant betrayal, and they were launched inevitably on the road to murder.Rich in character and color, true to the historical details, sensitive to the complex emotions of these men and women, Time and Chance recreates their story with all the drama, pain, and passion of the moment. It is Penman at her best.

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Bookseller
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Bookseller's Inventory #
3205
Title
Time and Chance
Author
Penman, Sharon Kay
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
ISBN 10
0399147853
ISBN 13
9780399147852
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2002
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