My Father, My Enemy:
Juliane, Daughter of Henry I
(Medieval Babes: Tales of Little-Known Ladies Book 6)
By J.P. Reedman
(Medieval Babes: Tales of Little-Known Ladies Book 6)
By J.P. Reedman
Publication Date: 20th November 2019
Publisher: Independently Published
Page Length: 182
Genre: Historical Biographical Fiction
Juliane Fitzroy is the illegitimate daughter of Henry I--one of his twenty-two bastards.When her father weds her to a young Norman lord, Eustace de Breteuil, she thinks she has done well in life for the daughter of a Saxon concubine.But Eustace wants a castle he cannot have. He starts hostilities with its castellan, Ralph Harenc, egged on by the dubious Amaury de Montfort.To keep the peace, King Henry orders a hostage exchange between Eustace and Ralph. Juliane's pretty young daughters for Ralph's son.In a drunken rage, fuelled on by Amaury, Eustace breaks the truce and blinds Harenc's boy. Furious, the King allows Ralph to take his own brutal vengeance upon Henry's own granddaughters.Crazed with grief, Juliane plots revenge for the maiming of her children.The Wheel of Fate spins. The King must die, his own daughter judge, jury, executioner...
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J.P. Reedman
J.P. Reedman was born in Canada but has lived in the U.K. for nearly 30 years.
Interests include folklore & anthropology, prehistoric archaeology (neolithic/bronze age Europe; ritual, burial & material culture), as well as The Wars of the Roses and the rest of the medieval era.
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