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Leopards and Lilies

by Alfred Duggan

First published 1954

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Margaret fitzGerold is thirteen when her father arranges her marriage to Baldwin de Redvers, placing her future within the property and inheritance strategies of the Anglo-Norman aristocracy. Widowhood does not make her independent: King John and the needs of the crown continue to determine who controls her lands and household.

As rebellion against John develops into the First Barons’ War, Margaret’s marriages and family loyalties draw her between the royal leopards and the French lilies supporting the rebels. Her struggle for security continues into the minority of Henry III, showing how civil war, wardship and remarriage shape a noblewoman’s private life.

Historical Periods

First Barons’ War1215–1217 CE

Genres

Biographical Fiction Court & Political Fiction Dynastic & Royal Fiction Social & Domestic Fiction

Historical people

John, King of England1166–1216 Henry III of England1207–1272

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