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Magnolia Belle

Magnolia Belle

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I'm a Texas author who writes about Texas romance, adventure and history, past and present.  Native Americans figure heavily into my novels.  I've also expanded my historical novels to include medieval England and Scotland

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

Native Americans - especially the Plains tribes - have always fascinated me. They are struggling today to preserve their language and culture, and to tell their stories. I have done extensive research on the Kiowa tribe in order to bring readers some of their rich, tragic and proud history.

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Black Wolf Books presents another authentically written novel by Magnolia Belle. Her novel Kuy Syan Joshua is a welcomed classic to the prolific writer's collection of books in this series set in the late 1800's. Centered around the American Native Kiowa people and lands, she employs genuine details and descriptions unique to the people who live there. <br /><br />Her eclectic ability to incorporate rich characters drenched in native culture while drawing in the quality of foreign presence provides an interesting backdrop which she brilliantly weaves into several plot lines. <br /><br />Two Hawks and Lana share a romance while he and his father Many Deer emerge as focal characters. T `on Ma is present in this novel and her story continues with Two Hawks asking her why she married Liam. For those who read the preceding novel T' on Ma, this novel is a satisfying sequel, especially if you longed to see T `on Ma and Two Hawks end up together and were saddened by T `on Ma's decision in the earlier novel. <br /><br />Other Native characters develop such as Gray Dove, Red Flint, Chief Kicking bird, Corn Flower, Broken Flute, White Dog, Little Rain, Bent Fox, Little Bow, Iron Crow, Big Elk and like the novel T `on Ma which focused on foreigners crossing paths with natives, this novel also shares that quality. <br /><br />Some of the foreign characters are Liam, Jason, Maeve, Patrick O Connell, Sr, Captan Mcclellan, Becca, Lana, Mr and Mrs. Blake, Mitchell, Deborah, Sheila, Eric, Billy. <br /><br />T `on Ma's sons, Blue and Kûy Syân Joshua are central and integral to the story. It is filled with unexpected, suspenseful and sad moments between them. T' on Ma and Two Hawks share Christmas and they are able to overcome the difficulties that separated them in the prior novel; however, true to life a new set of struggles emerge and the characters of this novel must discover their way through the dangers, prejudices, and harsh living of the wild land. <br /><br />This was an exceptional read and I have become a fan of Magnolia Belle's Native American T'on Ma series, by Black Wolf Books. <br /><br />5 stars<br /><div style="margin-bottom:.5em;"> <div><div style="float:left;">By </div><div style="float:left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A1P4D6LC9RDH3O/ref=cm_cr_dp_pdp"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Reviewer's <span style="white-space:nowrap;">Desk<span class="swSprite s_chevron custPopRight"></span></span></span></a> (Florida) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A1P4D6LC9RDH3O/ref=cm_cr_dp_auth_rev?ie=UTF8&amp;sort_by=MostRecentReview"><br /></a></div></div> </div> <strong><span class="h3color tiny"></span></strong>