The Outlaw Knight

September 1, 2013
Best-selling historical novelist Chadwick crafts another medieval tale, the sequel to her immensely popular Shadows and Strongholds (2013). Once again, she provides readers with everything they look forward to in a modern variation on classic ancient myths: family angst, deadly enemies, and, of course, impossible, can't-live-without-each-other love. Fulke FitzWarin gets into a wicked dispute with Prince John while playing a game of chess. Such a silly thing, one might think, but when it turns out that this petty squabble actually prevents Fulke from becoming the Lord of Whittington Castle, chaos breaks loose, and everything Chadwick's characters rely on comes undone. As though this disruption isn't enough, Fulke enters into a new, forbidden love affair with a rich widow Prince John is interested in, causing even more mayhem. In fact, Fulke finds himself in constant turmoil as every aspect of his life is upended before his very eyes in the midst of historic change as the Magna Carta rebellion turns tragic.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2013, American Library Association.)