The Champion

Name: The Champion
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Elizabeth Chadwick
ISBN: 9798892732628

Author: Elizabeth Chadwick

Narrator: Jill Tanner

Unabridged: 22 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/09/2024

Categories: Fiction, Historical Fiction

Synopsis

Alexander and Hervi de Montroi, half-brothers with no inheritance, meet in France. Hervi is a professional jouster and Alexander, fleeing the beatings of an English monastery, needs a trade. Despite misgivings, Hervi takes him on as his squire, introducing him to the travellers' immoral lifestyle. He befriends a girl, Monday, taking care of her after her parents die until, pregnant with Alexander's child, she leaves, finding shelter in a castle as a seamstress. Noticed by King John, she becomes his mistress in England, bearing his son and gaining a house.

Meanwhile, Stefan has returned to England too, in the pay of an earl—they meet again at court and, now older, fall in love. They have the King's blessing, but Monday's grandfather, now heirless, sees her as a way to gain power. She escapes his kidnapping to be reunited with Alexander on the land granted to him by the earl.

About Elizabeth Chadwick

New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Chadwick lives in a cottage in the Vale of Belvoir in Nottinghamshire with her husband and their four dogs. Her first novel, The Wild Hunt, won a Betty Trask Award, To Defy a King won the Romantic Novelist Association's Historical Novel Prize and The Scarlet Lion was nominated by Richard Lee - founder of the Historical Novel Society - as one of the top ten historical novels of the last decade. She often lectures at conferences and historical venues, has been consulted for television documentaries and is a member of the Royal Historical Society.Keep in touch with Elizabeth via her website, her blogs or on social media.www.elizabethchadwick.comtwitter: @chadwickauthorfacebook: ElizabethChadwick

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sophie on December 13, 2015

Author: Elizabeth Chadwick Published: 01/12/1998 (first published 1997) Recommended for: fans of historical romances I absolutely loved this book! It was one that intrigued me straight away with its beautiful cover, it stood out on the shelf. This book is not my normal type of book with it being a sort......more

Goodreads review by Lala_Loopsie on October 25, 2015

This is my first Elizabeth Chadwick book, so i didn't really know what to expect. The book was good, but i got to a point where i was constantly confused. I didn't like the fact that it was written in 3rd person. I'm a fan of 1st person novels, but that wasn't the worst, it was the fact that Elizabet......more

Goodreads review by Sophie on December 14, 2015

Goodreads review by Mela on March 05, 2017

This is my first book by Elizabeth Chadwick. I can tell, she seems a very good historical fiction writer. When I was reading, I was feeling the atmosphere of those times (the end of XII century). Great descriptions allow you to understand that world and those people. Most of all, you learn the truth......more