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Morris Willner morriswillner — Quite good. Everything you wanted to know about being good at anything.

Jomy Wong jomywong — Ms. Penman never disappoints. Once again she breathes life into historical figures and make them real - the flawed, fascinating and dynamic people they were. This is a story of the period of English history called "The Anarchy:" the civil war from 1135 when Stephen broke his oath to support Henry I's only legitimate heir, his daughter Maude (also known as Mathilda)as queen of England and seized the crown, beginning a conflict that lasted until the Treaty of Winchester was signed in November of 1153. I usually have one favorite character in Penman's books, but in this novel, I liked them all and found myself disappointed that one of the central characters, Ranulf FitzRoy, one of Henry I's many, many illegitimate children, was fictional. Ranulf matured from a youth idealistic to a man of honor. Stephen is portrayed as a likeable, sensitive, mild man who was over his head as King. Maude is tough-as-nails, a woman forced to think and act like a man in a world that did not acknowledge or accept female monarchs and her frustration and anger is palpable, as is Stephen's disappointment and frustration at not having a peaceable kingdom, constantly having to fight to keep the crown. The stories of Ranulf, Maude and Stephen are seamlessly woven one in to the other, and together they made an exciting, can't-put-it-down, story. I'm looking forward to reading the other titles in the trilogy, "Time and Chance" and "Devil's Brood," and her latest, "Lionheart," which I've pre-ordered for my tablet. Like her first novel, "The Sunne in Splendour," "When Christ and His Saints Slept" will be one of the books I'll pick up again and I heartily recommend this novel. Thank you, Ms. Penman!

Emo Andonov emo311e0f7 — This book was ok, but it's not memorable. I had heard an interview with Melanie Benjamin and was interested in the story she had to tell about the woman who inspired the famous Alice in Wonderland, but this book did not live up to my expectations.