The Lord of Ireland
English
By (author): E. M. Powell
John is a prince without prospect of a crown. As the youngest son of Henry II, he has long borne the hated nickname Lackland. When warring tribes and an ambitious Anglo-Norman lord threaten Henrys reign in Ireland, John believes his time has finally come. Henry is dispatching him there with a mighty force to impose order.
Yet it is a thwarted young man who arrives on the troubled isle. John has not been granted its kingshiphe is merely the Lord of Ireland, destined never to escape his fathers shadow. Unknown to John, Henry has also sent his right-hand man, Sir Benedict Palmer, to root out the traitors he fears are working to steal the land from him.
But Palmer is horrified when John disregards Henrys orders and embarks on a campaign of bloodshed that could destroy the kingdom. Now Palmer has to battle the increasingly powerful Lord of Ireland. Power, in Johns hands, is a murderous forceand he is only just beginning to wield it.
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