The Kings Jewel, Elizabeth Chadwick
The Kings Jewel, Elizabeth Chadwick
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The King's Jewel

Author: Elizabeth Chadwick

Narrator: Kit Griffiths

Unabridged: 15 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 04/30/2024


Synopsis

Wales, 1093.

The warm, comfortable family life of young Nesta, daughter of Prince Rhys of Deheubarth, is destroyed when her father is killed and she is taken hostage. Her honour is further tarnished when she is taken as an unwilling concubine by King William’s ruthless younger brother Henry, who later ascends the throne under suspicious circumstances.

But it is Nesta’s marriage that will really change the course of her life. Gerald FitzWalter, an ambitious young knight, is rewarded for his unwavering loyalty to his new King with Nesta’s hand. He is delighted, having always admired her from afar, but Nesta’s only comfort is her return to her beloved Wales. There, she cannot help but be tempted by the handsome, charismatic and dangerous son of the Welsh prince, Owain. When he offers her the chance to join him in his plan to overthrow Norman rule she must choose between duty and desire …

From the award-winning and bestselling author comes the heartbreaking tale of a woman trying to survive in a man’s world—a world where the men who would protect her are dead and banished.

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 Kate on December 18, 2024

I feel protective of Nesta, heroine of THE KING'S JEWEL. Like the Nesta in the ACOTAR series, she is prickly, proud, and prone to making decisions that hurt her as much as they hurt others...but I feel like I want to shield her from the readers who will just dismiss her as "unlikeable" and ask "why......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on August 13, 2023

Read: 8/12/23 3.5 stars This wasn't as good as EC's other books. I was a little disappointed 😞 Thats probably bc I love her books so much. The romance was almost nonexistent, but the history was well researched as always. The h wasn't that likable. She has a husband who adored her, and she cheated on......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on April 24, 2024

Who can resist historical fiction filled with Welsh names and traditions and wars for 99 cents? I couldn't. But it does take a good deal of attention unless familiar with all those Welsh characters to begin with. Chadwick succeeds in keeping all that history interesting.......more

Goodreads review by Mela on September 29, 2023

A solid, engaging, thought-through medieval historical fiction. Like always with Elizabeth Chadwick. The love story of Nesta and Gerald didn't take my breath away (like a few others by the author). Yet, their marriage was complex, deep, and in the end, the painted picture of it was very satisfying. I......more

Goodreads review by Christine on February 18, 2023

Nesta is a woman like no other. You want to be her friend and then give her a swift kick in the butt at times. Elizabeth Chadwick has a way of bringing her words to life as well as her characters. The story is well paced and is very well rounded in character development. I'm a huge fan of this autho......more