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Jim Gulledge

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A King Under Siege: Book One of The Plantagenet Legacy

A King Under Siege: Book One of The Plantagenet Legacy

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<p>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.</p>

Story Behind The Book

On a hot, summer afternoon while attending my Aunt Lois' funeral in South Carolina, I noticed a young boy at the cemetery in a state of extreme grief. Suddenly a voice in my head said, "This is the beginning of the story." Nothing happened for a couple of years, but when it finally did the funeral scene ended up halfway through the book. Also, it was sleeting and winter. That is the mystery of writing.

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<p><span style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">&quot;</span><span style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">This book reads like a ballad.  It could be set to  music even. You can hear the words sing on every page.  You can almost sing them. When the author describes a North Carolina mountain waterfall, you hear it, smell the moss on the rocks, breathe in the mountain air.It's pure poetry and a joy to your senses.&quot;</span></p> <div style="color:rgb(17,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> <div> </div> <div><span>Ruth Moose, <span style="font-weight:700;">The Pilot </span> </span></div> </div>