A review by tanyarobinson
Devil's Brood by Sharon Kay Penman

5.0

Penman is amazing - she has the kind of familiarity with Henry II's court that would come with living in it. Being something of a medieval historian myself, I appreciated her afterward which indicated the few times she had strayed from historical fact, and was impressed that even lesser characters such as maids and squires were real people pulled from 12th century documents. Her astute historical interpretations show how thoroughly she has studied those sources, unlike many writers of historical novels who sample little bits of the past and turn them into fiction. How I would love to crawl inside Penman's head and experience her array of knowledge about this time and its people. Reading her books is the next best thing.