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03284aam a22004338i 4500 001 6D782A3A069111E5BEB4BCF1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20210109010534 008 150105r20152014meu d 000 1 eng 010 $a 2014049330 020 $a 1410478610 (hardcover) 020 $a 9781410478610 (hardcover) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-en 082 00 $a 823/.914 $2 23 100 1 $a Norman, Samantha. 245 14 $a The siege winter $h [large print] / $c by Samantha Norman and Ariana Franklin. 263 $a 1505. 264 1 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, $c 2015. 300 $a 540 pages ; $c 23 cm. 500 $a "Published in 2015 by arrangement with William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers" -- Verso title page. 500 $a Originally published as Winter siege / Ariana Franklin and Samantha Norman. London : Bantam Press, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, 2014. 520 $a "A powerful historical novel by the late Ariana Franklin and her daughter Samantha Norman, The Siege Winter is a tour de force mystery and murder, adventure and intrigue, a battle for a crown, told by two courageous young women whose fates are intertwined in twelfth century England's devastating civil war.1141. England is engulfed in war as King Stephen and his cousin, the Empress Matilda, vie for the crown. In this dangerous world, not even Emma, an eleven-year-old peasant, is safe. A depraved monk obsessed with redheads kidnaps the ginger-haired girl from her village and leaves her for dead. When an archer for hire named Gwyl finds her, she has no memory of her previous life. Unable to abandon her, Gwyl takes the girl with him, dressing her as a boy, giving her a new name--Penda--and teaching her to use a bow. But Gwyn knows that the man who hurt Penda roams free, and that a scrap of evidence she possesses could be very valuable.Gwyl and Penda make their way to Kenilworth, a small but strategically important fortress that belongs to fifteen-year-old Maud. Newly wedded to a boorish and much older husband after her father's death, the fierce and determined young chatelaine tempts fate and Stephen's murderous wrath when she gives shelter to the empress.Aided by a garrison of mercenaries, including Gwyl and his odd red-headed apprentice, Maud will stave off Stephen's siege for a long, brutal winter that will bring a host of visitors to Kenilworth--kings, soldiers . . . and a sinister monk with deadly business to finish" -- $c Provided by publisher. 600 00 $a Stephen, $c King of England, $d 1097?-1154 $v Fiction. 600 00 $a Matilda, $c Empress, consort of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor, $d 1102-1167 $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Princesses $z Great Britain $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Kings and rulers $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x History $y Stephen, 1135-1154 $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Historical fiction. $2 gsafd. 655 7 $a Suspense fiction. $2 gsafd. 650 $a Large type books. 700 1 $a Franklin, Ariana. 700 1 $a Franklin, Ariana. $t Winter siege. 941 $a 2 945 $a lpt 952 $l CJPC482 $d 20240202020107.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20150717010450.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6D782A3A069111E5BEB4BCF1DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search