This book was added to the library on August 10th, 2007. It is currently being read.
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Somewhere in Southern Italy, Maria, a young daughter of a Norman robber baron marries Richard d’Alene, an unprepossessing but ambitious young knight. Secretly, she prefers his more handsome younger brother Roger, but accepts her lot. Little by little, Richard increases his hold over the area by a combination of successful warfare and enlightened leadership. Maria gradually begins to share some of his power in Robert’s absence and becomes indispensible to him. Finally, having defeated the local Saracens on the coast and his traitor brother Roger, Richard becomes a king and Maria his queen (James Paris).
