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Summary: The Love Knot
Review: Absolute best book ever written!! So much depth and plot tied together. I strongly recommend it.
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Summary: I couldn't even finish it...
Review: I'm a big fan of Elizabeth Chadwick and her stories never fail to impress me. The Love Knot is a wonderful story set amongst the Civil War between King Stephen and his cousin, Empress Maude. It realistically depicts the strife of that age, the sadness, the betrayals, the violence of the Medieval times, etc. I highly recommend this book and any of Elizabeth Chadwick's stories. Her detail to historical accuracy is commendable.
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Summary: The Love Knot
Review: I'm a big fan of Elizabeth Chadwick and her stories never fail to impress me. The Love Knot is a wonderful story set amongst the Civil War between King Stephen and his cousin, Empress Maude. It realistically depicts the strife of that age, the sadness, the betrayals, the violence of the Medieval times, etc. I highly recommend this book and any of Elizabeth Chadwick's stories. Her detail to historical accuracy is commendable.
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Summary: A very good medieval romance
Review: In 1140, everyone suffers from the bloody Civil War between the supporters of King Stephen and those of the Empress Mathilda. The countryside is filled with heinous crimes, as Oliver Pascal will soon learn when he comes across the raped and battered body of a friend, Lady Amice, who soon dies. Oliver escorts Amice's ten-year old son Richard and her maid Catrin to a relative, Earl Robert in BristolCatrin tries to protect Richard, who she sees as more of a son than a burden. She also feels obligated to Oliver for rescuing them even though she loathes the concept of depending on any male. Still she begins to fall in love with him and he reciprocates those feelings. As Oliver tries to regain his lost lands, he marries Catrin, not knowing that their relationship stands in jeopardy due to external forces having a different agenda. THE LOVE KNOT is a well written according-to-the-book, medieval romance. Sub-genre fans will enjoy the interesting story line that places honor and love in peril though the swing between present and past vernacular is a bit disconcerting. The lead characters are wonderful champions and Robert adds much depth to the tale. Elizabeth Chadwick writes a fine tale that her fans will enjoy. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: The best writer of medieval fiction around
Review: Summer of the year 1140, Oliver and Catrin are drawn together through the horrors of civil war; their love grows but is then threatened. Oliver is taken prisoner and Catrin returns to the husband she mistakenly thought had died in battle. Torn between love and loyalty this is a story that will have you turning the pages quickly wanting to find out what happen If you love medieval historical romance this is definitely the book for you.
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Summary: The best writer of medieval fiction around
Review: Summer of the year 1140, Oliver and Catrin are drawn together through the horrors of civil war; their love grows but is then threatened. Oliver is taken prisoner and Catrin returns to the husband she mistakenly thought had died in battle. Torn between love and loyalty this is a story that will have you turning the pages quickly wanting to find out what happen If you love medieval historical romance this is definitely the book for you.
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Summary: Some background to the novel
Review: THE LOVE KNOT had its beginnings in a novel I began writing a few years ago and then set aside after three chapters because a television producer asked me to turn his idea into a novel. For a while I was busy writing DAUGHTERS OF THE GRAIL. Then Columbia pictures asked me to novelise FIRST KNIGHT for them. In between these projects I was busy with THE CONQUEST and THE CHAMPION. It was only when I had finished them that I was able to return to my neglected three chapters. I overhauled them and wrote on from where I'd left off. In effect the shape of the novel grew as I wrote, although I did know that I wanted to explore midwifery in the early Medieval period. It was while researching this subject that the end of the novel was suggested to me by an item in a reference work. To explain it here would be to give away the grand finale, but I do mention my source in the author's note at the end of the book. Incidentally, for those readers who are wondering: there are two authors called Elizabeth Chadwick. All my novels are set in the Medieval period. Titles such as Wanton Angel and Bride Fire are from the pen of the 'other' Elizabeth Chadwick.
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Summary: An Excellent Medieval Tale!
Review: This story centers around Oliver Pascal, who returns home from a pilgrimage in the Holy Land, only to find that he has lost his lands to Flemish Mercenaries, in the pay of King Stephen of England. He becomes a hearth knight for Robert of Gloucester, illegitimate brother to Empress Mathilda, hoping someday to regain his lands. He is a widower who lost his wife in childbirth. He rescues Catrin from a razed village and brings her and young Richard, illegitmate royal son and half-brother to Robert of Gloucester, to Bristol. He and Catrin eventually fall in love, lose each other and come back together in time. But not before they undergo many adventures during the turbulent times of Prince Henry II and King Stephen. This was a wonderful story, and I couldn't wait to read it at every opportunity. It portrays not only what life was like for the nobles but also for the common people in great, descriptive detail. A fantanstic read! I found this book in a used book store and I'm very glad I bought it. Even though this title is out-of-print, it is worth finding! If you like/love medieval stories, this book is for you!
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Summary: An Excellent Medieval Tale!
Review: This story centers around Oliver Pascal, who returns home from a pilgrimage in the Holy Land, only to find that he has lost his lands to Flemish Mercenaries, in the pay of King Stephen of England. He becomes a hearth knight for Robert of Gloucester, illegitimate brother to Empress Mathilda, hoping someday to regain his lands. He is a widower who lost his wife in childbirth. He rescues Catrin from a razed village and brings her and young Richard, illegitmate royal son and half-brother to Robert of Gloucester, to Bristol. He and Catrin eventually fall in love, lose each other and come back together in time. But not before they undergo many adventures during the turbulent times of Prince Henry II and King Stephen. This was a wonderful story, and I couldn't wait to read it at every opportunity. It portrays not only what life was like for the nobles but also for the common people in great, descriptive detail. A fantanstic read! I found this book in a used book store and I'm very glad I bought it. Even though this title is out-of-print, it is worth finding! If you like/love medieval stories, this book is for you!
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Summary: The Love Knot
Review: This was the second book of Ms. Chadwick's that I had the pleasure to read, and it surpassed the first one by far. The characters had the depth that is sometimes lacking in historical novels, everything was brought vividly to life, from the danger of childbirth in the middle ages to the romance between the characters. An excellent curl up in your favourite armchair book.
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