Two more Chadwick novels to Sphere

Sphere has acquired two new historical novels by Elizabeth Chadwick, revisiting the life of William Marshal, the hero of her internationally bestselling novels The Greatest Knight and The Scarlet Lion. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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