Description
<p><span style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">Richard II found himself under siege not once, but twice in his minority. Crowned king at age ten, he was only fourteen when the Peasants' Revolt terrorized London. But he proved himself every bit the Plantagenet successor, facing Wat Tyler and the rebels when all seemed lost. Alas, his triumph was short-lived, and for the next ten years he struggled to assert himself against his uncles and increasingly hostile nobles. Just like in the days of his great-grandfather Edward II, vengeful magnates strove to separate him from his friends and advisors, and even threatened to depose him if he refused to do their bidding. The Lords Appellant, as they came to be known, purged the royal household with the help of the Merciless Parliament. They murdered his closest allies, leaving the King alone and defenseless. He would never forget his humiliation at the hands of his subjects. Richard's inability to protect his adherents would haunt him for the rest of his life, and he vowed that next time, retribution would be his.</span><br /><span class="a-text-bold" style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;">B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree!</span></p>
Story Behind The Book
Gwendolyn Noles is a potent new voice in the field of prescription addiction and recovery. With her first book A SEASON IN HELL, she examines the downward spiral of drug abuse she underwent after getting hooked on Xanax. The journey is Odyssean in its magnitude and she comes out of it stronger and with a voice that is right for the time in which we live.
With her second book TO EVERYTHING THERE IS A SEASON: A GUIDE TO STARTING OVER, Noles' voice grows stronger and she offers in a no-holds-barred style the lessons she learned that allowed her to evolve after she lost all her worldly things. She makes it clear that what she gained in the process--the wisdom and strength to go on--are of greater value than what she lost. She offers heartfelt and strong words to those seeking direct, tangible answers about how to start anew after bad circumstances.
