Montfort: The Founder of Parliament The Early Years 1229 to 1243
Author
Katherine Ashe
Publisher
BookSurge Publishing
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Simon de Montfort founded England's Parliament in 1258, creating modern democracy, but it was made a hanging crime to speak his name.
Arriving In England a near-penniless French youth, he became King Henry III's favorite, and fell in love with the king's sister, who was a nun. When an heir to the throne is born to the seemingly barren queen, King Henry accuses him: "My friend, always so ready to serve. It seems your serving knows no end!"
Fleeing England, he went on crusade -- and became the Christian lords of Palestine's choice for their ruler.
"Ashe presents a jousting first installment... If the novel is thoroughly researched, which Ashe's is -- from descriptions of medieval latrines and houseboys named 'Garbage' to the decadence of Europe's emperors -- it is all the more thoroughly imagined." Kirkus
Montfort is the product of 34 years of research. Using fiction to explore how and why the known events might have happened, this four-volume novel offers an Historical Context section in each volume with documentation and the author's interpretations, which are often new and sometimes controversial but always grounded on 13th century evidences.
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