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The Lion of Mortimer
The Lion of Mortimer
The Lion of Mortimer
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The Lion of Mortimer

Written by Juliet Dymoke

Narrated by Antony Ferguson

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Weak in battle, powerless at court and absent in the bedroom: the English crown has rarely sat less easily than on the head of Edward II.

Inheriting the Plantagenet throne in a powerful position, Edward needs a wife to continue the dynasty-but the beautiful, charming Isabella fails to stir his heart like his close friend Piers Gaveston.

Slighted and ignored, Isabella takes a new lover: the ambitious nobleman Roger Mortimer. Seduced by Mortimer's treachery, Isabella plots with him to murder her husband and take the throne.

With the Plantagenet line in danger of coming to an end, it is up to the young William de Montacute to bring Mortimer down and restore the crown to Edward's son and heir.

The Lion of Mortimer is the third in Juliet Dymoke's dramatic and emotional Plantagenet series, an epic chronicle of love, heroism, loyalty and betrayal bringing to life one of the richest periods in English history: a time of power struggles and compelling courtly intrigue.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateAug 28, 2018
ISBN9781977374943
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  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    Realy enjoyed this bookIt is well written and well read
    Hope to hear book four soonlistening once
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    The Lion of Mortimer is the third in a loosely connected series about the Plantagenet family, in which their story is told from the point of view of those closest to them. This Plantagenet is Edward II, and the story is told from the point of view of the Montacute family. The story takes Edward from his time as Prince of Wales up through his death, and the early part of the reign of Edward III.At only 274 pages, the novel covers a lot of ground, and as such, it’s pretty sketchy on the details of Edward’s life. Therefore, I felt that the characters were not well developed—especially Isabella, who I feel was a much deeper person than she’s portrayed in the book. The author gets Edward’s character down pat, though Piers Gaveston is not as well developed as the other characters and Hugh Despenser gets very little onstage time. I don’t particularly care for Edward as a historical figure, but he comes across reasonably well in this book. On the other hand, this is a good book to read if you’re new to the story of the Plantagenet family, or even if you want to brush up on your history. There’s little in the way of fiction in this novel, but it gives a great backdrop to the politics of the times. However, there are better novels on Edward II out there.