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The Reckoning (Penman novel)
''The Reckoning'' is a medieval historical novel written by Sharon Kay Penman published in 1991. The plot is of Wales' Llewelyn ap Gruffydd's fight to keep Wales independent of England and of the love story between the Welsh Prince and Eleanor de Montfort. In her writing, Penman presents the nobility of the period, and focuses on conflict on various levels from individual conflicts to wars between countries. The novel received generally good reviews.
== Plot outline ==
''The Reckoning'' (1991) chronicles the reign of England's King Henry III in Penman's final volume of the series that began with'' Here Be Dragons''. In ''The Reckoning'' Penman focuses on the final generation of characters following those presented in the trilogy's previous two novels. One subplot is the conflict between the Welsh prince Llewelyn ap Gruffydd of Gwynedd—grandson of Llewelyn the Great of ''Here Be Dragons''—and England's King Henry III. In another subplot, Penman chronicles the life and character of Ellen, Simon de Montfort's daughter and Henry III's niece. Prior to his death, the subject of the previous book in the series (''Falls the Shadow''), Ellen's father negotiated a betrothal to Llewellyn opposed by her cousin Edward, soon to become King Edward I. After Henry III dies, Edward imprisons Ellen in the Tower of London, and when she is freed Llewellyn keeps his word and goes through with the marriage. Although the two are separated by years and culture they find happiness which is ruined when Edward declares war against Wales. Ellen dies in childbirth in June 1282 at the royal home Abergwyngregyn, on the north coast of Gwynedd, just a few months after fighting breaks out again in Wales. Her body is carried across the Lafan Sands to the Franciscan Friary of Llanfaes, Anglesey, and a month later the members of her personal household are given safe-conduct to travel to England. The Marcher Lords, as well as Llewelyn's brothers Daffydd and Rhodri are central characters in the political intrigue.
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