by Jean Plaidy · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789684970748
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«El rey bastardo» is the historical novel by Jean Plaidy, published by Javier Vergara Editor in paperback (421 pages, in Spanish).
William, illegitimate son of the Duke of Normandy and a tanner's daughter, inherits the duchy at age eight. The novel follows his struggle against nobles who want to seize power, his story with Matilda of Flanders, and his campaign to conquer England: in 1066 he crosses the Channel and defeats King Harold, changing the course of the country.
First installment of the Norman Kings saga (Norman Trilogy). Original title: The Bastard King. Translation by Floreal Mazía.
For readers of historical fiction interested in the Norman conquest of England and great medieval figures.
Eleanor Alice Hibbert was an English writer of historical romances. She was a prolific writer who published several books a year in different literary genres, each genre under a different pen name: Jean Plaidy for fictionalized history of European royalty and the three volumes of her history of the Spanish Inquisition, Victoria Holt for gothic romances, and Philippa Carr for a multi-generational family saga. She also wrote light romances, crime novels, murder mysteries and thrillers under pseudonyms Eleanor Burford, Elbur Ford, Kathleen Kellow, Anna Percival, and Ellalice Tate.
