The Drowned Court - Hardcover

by Tracey Warr (Author)

1107. A kidnap and a devastating shipwreck. King Henry I reigns over England, Normandy and Wales, but his rule is far from secure. He faces treacherous assassination attempts and rebellion. Nuns and bards are tasked as spies to carry dangerous messages across the kingdom.

The Welsh noblewoman, Nest ferch Rhys, is settled in Wales with her Norman husband but her brother is gathering support to reclaim his kingdom, and another Welsh prince has not forgotten that he was once betrothed to marry Nest. While dissent grows, a secret passion is revealed, and Nest and her Cambro-Norman children are placed in dire peril.

Nest ferch Rhys is embedded in Norman society, but where do her heart and loyalty belong, and who can she trust?

Book II in the Conquest trilogy centring on Nest ferch Rhys and the reign of King Henry I.