King's Enemy Samantha Shannon Terra-Two is perfect

Terra-Two is perfect

'A story that shines a spotlight into the shadows of the 19th century

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'The first of my father's illusions was that bears could survive the life lived by human beings

Using a number of original narrative techniques Johnson attempts to reproduce life (and its travails) as closely as possible through fiction

King's Enemy Samantha Shannon Terra-Two is perfectThe Battle of Evesham has been fought and lost. The King is triumphant, Simon de Montfort is dead, and Adam de Norton is a prisoner, stripped of everything he once honoured and prized. Escaping from captivity in the grim castle of Beeston, Adam becomes a fugitive in a country in turmoil. Branded a king's enemy, he can be slain with impunity. Together with the widowed Joane de Bohun, Adam flees across a bleak winter landscape, evading both pursuing