When Christ and His Saints Slept

In When Christ and His Saints Slept master storyteller and historian Sharon Kay Penman highly popular work of historical fiction illuminates one of the lesser-known but fascinating periods of English history.

“The magnificent combination of history and humanity that Penman's readers have come to expect again animates her latest work ... Perhaps the most impressive feature of the narrative is Penman's skill in showing how essentially good people can end up doing great evil.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

The next addition in this highly acclaimed historical fiction series of the middle ages, and the first of a trilogy that will tell the story of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine. When Christ and His Saints Slept begins with the death of King Henry I, son of William the Conqueror and father of Maude, his only living legitimate offspring.