Cover Art; Spine ends & corners of book covers have a bit of extremely light bumping and rubbing. Dark gray to blackish paper covered boards have a black cloth spine with silver and bronze gilt lettering. Text pages generally clean & bright-though starting to darken due to acid content of paper. Spine ends & corners of dust jacket have a bit of very light bumping and rubbing. There is one smallish semi-closed edge tear to front top edge of dust jacket, along with some noticeable rubbing to rear dust jacket flap. Overall, a very good+ copy. "Heir to the earldoms of Gloucester and Hertford, Richard de Clare is but a boy when his father dies while fighting the king's battles in France. Too great a prize to be left in the keeping of his pretty mother, herself soon to be the object of royal affections, he is given by the king in guardianship to Hubert de Burgh, Henry's chief justiciar and one of the most powerful nobles of the land. Richard is sent to live at Burgh and there meets Meggotta, the adored daughter of Hubert and his wife, Margaret."

Historical Fiction Edith Pargeter Ellis Peters General Fiction Fiction Henry III of Britain British Royal history Royalty Hist: Tudor Myst