This is Simon de Montfort's story—and the story of King Henry III as weak and changeable as Montfort was brash and unbending. It is a saga of two opposing wills that would later clash in a storm of violence and betrayal a story straight from the pages of history that brings the world of the thirteenth century completely provocatively and magnificently alive. Above all this is a story of conflict and treachery of human frailty and broken legends a tale of pageantry and grandeur that is as unforgettable as it is real....
