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Another engrossing historical saga from Sharon Kay Penman, Devil's Brood concludes her trilogy on the tumultuous events that swept across 12th-century England. When the passionate marriage of King Henry II and his legendary queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, is destroyed by ambition and betrayal, the ramifications are felt throughout Europe. Beautifully written and exhaustively researched, Penman's novels never fail to bring the Middle Ages and their inhabitants vividly to life.