Margaret Butler, The Lion of Justice (1975), about the friendship of King Henry II and Thomas Becket #2 in the Lion trilogy. Margaret Butler, The Lion of England (1973), about King Henry II of England and his mistress Hikenai #1 in the Lion trilogy. The reign of Henry II was marked by power struggles with the Catholic Church, which came to a head when a group of noblemen murdered Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1170.Ĭlick on the title for more information from Powell's Books or another online source, or if you're outside the U.S., try The Book Depository.Ĭhristian Balling, Champion (1988), about William Marshal, the knight who served King Henry II and his heirs. The two even warred against each other in 1173 when Eleanor joined the revolt of their eldest son, Henry, who died of dysentery during the revolt. Eleanor and Henry's amity did not persist. The marriage between Henry of Anjou and Eleanor of Aquitaine, said by some to have been a love match, united his possessions of Normandy and Anjou, as well as his claim to the throne of England, with her realms in Aquitaine and Gascony, creating a kingdom that stretched across the Channel. Novels about King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine and their Court For example, King Richard the Lionheart was an enthusiastic Crusader, and novels in which he appears primarily in a Crusades setting are located in that section. The Crusades, which obsessed Europe from the end of the eleventh century, before Henry's reign, through the thirteenth century, are covered in a separate Crusades section. Notable events on the European Continent during this period included the Italian merchant Marco Polo's expedition to China. This section covers the period beginning with Henry's reign through the reigns of his sons Richard and John and his grandson, John's son Henry III (the first king to use the Plantagenet surname). His queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine, was a formidable royal personage in her own right.

Henry of Anjou, the son of Empress Matilda, claimed the throne of England as Henry II after her rival Stephen I died in 1154, becoming the first Angevin king of England. Mysteries: 12th and 13th Century European Continent Novels set in the 12th and 13th century European Continent Novels set in England in the reigns of Henry II, Richard, John and Henry III Novels about Kings Richard and John and their queens and courts Novels about King Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine and their court Historical Novels of the Angevins and their Time: Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine, Richard the Lionheart, King John (& Henry III)

Red Adam's Lady by Grace Ingram