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    The Falcons of Montabard: A Novel

    By Elizabeth Chadwick

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    Barfleur, 1120. Sabin FitzSimon, bastard son of an earl, has acquired a reputation for wildness and trouble only matched by his abilities as a warrior. But when he is caught seducing the King's favorite mistress, not even his fighting skills can save him. Beaten by the King's soldiers and left behind in the Norman port, it seems that his notoriety has finally gotten the better of him.

    Upon his eventual return to England, Sabin is given the opportunity to rebuild his career and salvage his reputation: The knight Edmund Strongfist is leaving for the Holy Land to offer his sword and services to the King of Jerusalem, and he wants Sabin to join him.

    Accompanying Strongfist is his young, beautiful, convent-educated daughter Annais. Sabin, he warns, is to keep away from her. Being grateful for the chance that Strongfist has given him, Sabin does so, but not without a feeling of regret as he observes her spirit and courage, and enjoys her beautiful harp playing.

    The Holy Land brings its own shares of trials for Sabin. If he succeeds in keeping his distance from Annais, he has less success with Strongfist's new wife, and the consequences prove to be painful. The land is suffering from constant warfare and following the capture of the King, Sabin is forced to take command of the fortress of Montabard and marry its recently widowed chatelaine. Now there is all to play for...and all to lose.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateMay 21, 2013
    ISBN9781466845589
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    Elizabeth Chadwick

    Elizabeth Chadwick lives in Nottingham with her husband and two sons. She is a member of Regia Anglorum, an early medieval reenactment society, and tutors in writing historical and romantic fiction. She won a Betty Trask Award for The Wild Hunt, her first novel, and was shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists' Award in 1998 for The Champion. Her novel Lords of the White Castle won the WordWeaving Award of Excellence, and The Falcons of Montabard, her thirteenth novel, was shortlisted for the U.K.'s Parker Romantic Novel of the Year Award for 2004.

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    • 4/5
      The Falcons of Montabard by Elizabeth Chadwick is the story of Sabin FitzSimon who is packed off to the Holy Lands in order to rebound from the scandal of his dalliance with the King’s mistress. He is put under the charge of Eric Strongfist who is advancing his own career by donating his sword to King Baldwin of Jerusalem. Strongfist has a daughter, Annais, and Sabin is warned to stay away from her but circumstances eventually lead him to the fortress of Montabard where Annais is now the chatelaine and upon her becoming a widow and Strongfist being captured by the Saracens, Sabine must make good his vow to protect her and her young son.Elizabeth Chadwick excels in historical fiction, her research is always spot on and her stories are usually wrapped around a believable romance or relationship. She specializes in writing about the medieval period and in The Falcons of Montabard she delivers a lively story of adventure and love set during the time of the Crusades.
    • 5/5
      Chadwick’s books are a little predictable in the romance department but I don’t mind much. The history and the characters more than make up for any flaws a reader could find. In this story Sabin Fitzsimon is thrown out of the King’s guard after bedding the king’s favorite mistress Following this is an altercation in a bar and a man is killed. Having enough, Sabin’s step-mother sends him off to the service of Edmund Strongfist who is traveling to the Holy Lands. And of course Strongfist is bringing his daughter Annice with the. Sabin tells Strongfist and himself he’ll leave Annice alone. This is where the predictability comes in. But the romance feels real and well done. Chadwick has done a wealth of research for her novels and it certainly shows in the authenticity, but the history never pulls the reader away from the story itself. It’s a very enjoyable read, and I’d recommend it to anyone who likes historical romance.
    • 4/5
      Young Sabin FitzSimon narrowly avoids the sinking of The White Ship because he’s with one of the mistresses of the king. King’s men find him and after his beating he wakes up finding out the ship has went down and the woman died. Sabin goes to a tavern to drown his sorrow and he gets into a fight where one man dies.
      His mother and stepfather has had enough of his wild ways and send him, as a last chance, with Edmund Strongfist to the Holy Lands. Sabin is strongly advised to stay away from Strongfist’s daughter but it might not be the only trouble he has problems staying away.

      Another great book from Chadwick and I believe you can never go wrong with her books :)
      I loved watching Sabin grow up from being young wild womanizer to loving and caring husband and father and learning honour.

      Annais laughed. “You would rather have a honeyed date than a man?” she asked.
      Aiesha chuckled. “That depends on the man,” she said. “Your husband could make fat any time he chose!”
      pg. 398

      I wouldn’t mind either :D

      While not being her best book I really loved this book and it’s been some time since I’ve read something from her.
    • 4/5
      After reading the harrowing Wish Her Safe at Home, I needed a book that was going to be comfort reading, and so I turned to a sure thing: Elizabeth Chadwick’s The Falcons of Montabard, a book that’s been sitting on my bookshelves for ages but was waiting for the right time to be read.The story opens on November 25, 1120, the eve of the sinking of the White Ship. Sabin Fitzsimon is a young knight who, having seduced one of the mistresses of the king and murdered a man, is put into the service of Edmund Strongfist. Strongfist takes his entourage to the Holy Land, taking with him his daughter, Annais. Sabin is strongly sttracted to Annais, but he has promised his employer, and himself, that he’ll stay away from her. True to form, however, they keep being thrown together, and the result is almost predictable. But getting to that end result is the fun of the novel, for there are many twists and turns before Sabin and Annais can be united.Whenever I read one of Elizabeth Chadwick’s novels, I always wonder, “how does she do that?” over and over again. The period details of her books are always exquisite, and she truly gets the reader to know her characters intimately. There is wonderful character development in this novel, too. I never get the sense that these are modern people dressed in 12th century clothing, and I always wonder how Elizabeth Chadwick gets to know her period so well—maybe it’s an innate thing by this point? I wish that all authors of historical fiction could write like this!
    • 4/5
      Sabin FitzSimon, bastard son of Simon de Senslis (hero of The Winter Mantle) goes on Crusade to atone for wild, irresponisble conduct at home. He serves as a warrior-knight to Edmund Strongfist whose daughter Annais he eventually marries. Most of the novel's main characters, and the castle at Montabard, are ficticious but the era is historical -- King Baldwin of Jerusalem and the wars with the Saracens. Good novel, good background on the times and the area called Outremer : outre - mer -- over seas.
    • 5/5
      Elizabeth Chadwick is a very talented author. This is the first of her books I have read and it will not be the last. The scenes are well written, right down to the smells -- you can picture every thing in your mind. A wonderful, exciting love story and a refreshing change to read about Outremer (Israel) during the crusades. It was wonderful seeing Sabin grow and mature from a young hellion and womanizer into a caring, loving husband and father, while at the same time being a fierce and noble warrier. The fight between Sabin and the Arab where all Sabin had to defend himself was a wooden shield was heartstopping. The final chapters were some of the most thrilling page turners I have ever read. An incredible rescue, and according to the author based upon true events, except that Sabin and Anais are fictional. An excellent read, I cannot recommend it enough.