The Earl
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Prince Henry, still in his teens, has made the legendary Eleanor of Aquitaine his bride, and now prepares for battle to seize the throne of England from his cousin, King Stephen, the corrupt.
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The powerful Fulk, Earl of Stafford, champions Prince Henry as the heir to the crown, planning the siege of Sulwich Castle.
But the road to Sulwich is paved with the constant peril of horse bandits, marauding townsmen, poison plots and the death-dealing flight of English arrows.
However, King Stephen is now the only enemy, for treachery and deadly power schemes abound among the barons in Prince Henry's ranks.
Amidst blood feuds, secret parleys and fiendish attempts on his life, the clever Fulk bides his time, for it will take all of the Earl's extraordinary cunning to triumph over the devious power-mad nobles and win his Prince the throne.
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