by Edith Pargeter · Futura Publishing Co Inc · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780708830574
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«The Green Branch» is the historical novel by Edith Pargeter, published by Futura Publishing Co Inc in paperback (285 pages, in English).
Harry Talvace, son of the master builder who raised the church of Parfois and was executed by the jealous patron who employed him, grows up in the court of Llewelyn, prince of North Wales. After the tragedy that shakes the prince's marriage, he sets out for Parfois to avenge his father and discovers that enmity can be as complex as love.
Second instalment of the Heaven Tree trilogy. Edith Pargeter, also known as Ellis Peters, wrote the novel, originally published in 1962; this Futura edition is from 1987.
For readers of medieval historical fiction, with courtly intrigues and a family revenge at its core.
Edith Mary Pargeter, also known by her pen name Ellis Peters, was an English author of works in many categories, especially history and historical fiction, and was also honoured for her translations of Czech classics. She is probably best known for her murder mysteries, both historical and modern, and especially for her medieval detective series The Cadfael Chronicles.
