Harold lies dead, William of Normandy stands victorious: it’s 1066 and England is conquered. For Waltheof of Huntington and his fellow survivors of the Battle of Hastings, there is a simple choice: submit to this new foreign king, or die at the gallows. Follow the heart; or follow the head. As the country bows under the Norman yoke and Waltheof struggles to come to terms with his decision, a new Saxon hope emerges. A last challenge to the Norman might, a final chance for glory, a decisive test of old allegiances and new loyalties. Of the Ring of Earls, the first in Juliet Dymoke’s epic Conqueror Trilogy, charts the fate of Waltheof of Huntington: a knight whose true story embodies the turmoil that followed the last successful invasion of Britain.

For twenty-one years, William the Conqueror had ruled England with an iron fist but his sudden death leaves the country in turmoil. For his youngest son, Henry, life is set to become very precarious. As his elder brothers begin to divide up their father’s lands in England and France, it becomes clear that conflict is inevitable and Henry, far from being insignificant, is a crucial pawn in the family power struggle. But with great power comes great danger, and Henry soon finds that he will need a woman’s love and all his father’s physical courage and political cunning if he is to survive and claim his place in the line of succession. Henry of the High Rock, the second in Juliet Dymoke’s epic Conqueror Trilogy, is a powerful tale of political intrigue and courtly love at a time when the fate of England hung in the balance.

Henry I is dying and, with no sons, he knows he must force his barons to swear allegiance to his indomitable daughter, Matilda, the Empress Maud, if he is to secure his legacy. But when a second heir emerges – another grandchild of William the Conqueror, Stephen, Count of Blois and Mortain – the Lion’s Legacy looks destined to be one of civil war. As a dynastic struggle tears England apart and blood is split on battlefields across the land, power passes from Stephen to Matilda and back again with every change of heart and loyalty. For Matilda, who struggles to reconcile the steel of a Queen with the passions of a young woman, the price of power is increasingly heavy. This final book of Juliet Dymoke epic Conqueror Trilogyis a stirring tale of cruelty and honour; of revenge and forgiveness; of refined courtly love and burning passion.