King Richard is barely buried when the men who opposed him plot and plan to remove the new King, Henry Bolingbroke! With enemies in the north and the west, the new king and his son, Henry of Monmouth find themselves besieged on all sides not knowing whom they can trust. William Strongstaff, now a lord, is the only one they can truly rely upon and any thoughts of hanging up his sword are forgotten as King Henry sends the former royal bodyguard to help his son and quash a Welsh rebellion. Based on the events leading up to the battle of Shrewsbury the story is fast moving with larger than life characters like Harry Hotspur and Owain Glendower!
The book is set in the early days of Henry Bolingbroke’s reign. Many people think that they know about Henry from Shakespeare. William Shakespeare is a great playwright but he was loose with his facts. Henry Hotspur was much older than Prince Hal and it was not the future King Henry Vth who killed him at Shrewsbury. This was a dangerous time for the King of England. Owain Glendower and the Welsh revolted while the Percy family conspired with both France and Scotland to, effectively, carve up England between them. I hope you find the story as fascinating as I did.
As always I have to remind you that this is a work of fiction. Where there is written evidence- such as the removal of the arrow from Prince Henry after the Battle of Shrewsbury, I have used it. Where there is no evidence then I have used my other resource my imagination. I tell stories!
