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FitzWarin

This series chronicles the rise and fall of a valiant knight through the tumultuous medieval period. From humble, challenging beginnings to renown in the knightly world, the narrative explores themes of friendship, loyalty, and courage against overwhelming odds. Follow an epic journey through courtly intrigue, battlefields, and the personal struggles that forge a hero's destiny. It's an adventure about overcoming self-doubt and finding one's place in a world fraught with betrayal.

Shadows and Strongholds
Lords of the White Castle

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  1. 1

    Shadows and Strongholds

    • 576 pages
    • 21 hours of reading
    4.1(103)Add rating

    An awkward misfit, nine-year-old Fulke FitzWarin leaves his family for the household of Joscelin de Dinan, Lord of Ludlow. Once there, he begins to learn the knightly arts which he desperately hopes will free him from the shadows of his past. Joscelin's youngest daughter, Hawise, befriends Fulke when he most needs it. But as the years pass, an enemy to Ludlow changes their friendship unalterably, forcing them onto opposite sides of a cruel divide. When the menace to Ludlow intensifies, Fulke must confront the future head on or fail on all counts, all the while desperate to know if Hawise stands with or against him.

    Shadows and Strongholds
  2. 2
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    A violent quarrel with the future King John destroys the young Fulke FitzWarin's greatest ambition: to become Lord of the White Castle. Instead of accepting his fate, Fulke rebels. But the danger pursuing Fulke reaches new heights as he begins a passionate love affair with Maude Walter - the wealthy widow chosen by John himself. Negotiating a maze of deceit, treachery and shifting alliances, Fulke's route to success is fraught. And when the turmoil of the Magna Carta rebellion combines with a shocking tragedy, everything Fulke has fought for is thrown into the path of destruction.

    Lords of the White Castle