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Sharon Kay Penman

Born

in New York City, New York, The United States

August 13, 1945

Died

January 22, 2021

Website

http://www.sharonkaypenman.com/

Genre

Historical Fiction, Mystery

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Penman received her bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin, she majored in history, and also received a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Rutgers University School of Law, and later worked as a tax lawyer.

The Sunne in Splendour, a novel about Richard III of England is one of the most popular books on the Historical Novel Society's list of best historical novels. In 1996, following the success of When Christ and His Saints Slept (which dealt with the Anarchy and the early career of King Henry II of England), Penman ventured into the historical whodunnit with four mysteries set in the court of Eleanor of Aquitaine during the reign of Richard I. The mysteries did not enjoy the same success as her "straight" historical novels, ...more

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Interview with Elżbieta Cherezińska

Many of Sharon’s fans will remember her friend, Kasia Ogrodnik from her passion for Henry the Young King. Kasia is Polish and loves to share her love of Poland and its history. Recently, she invited author Elżbieta Cherezińska to talk about her books, telling the story of the first Polish ruling dynasty, and she agreed! … Continue reading Interview with Elżbieta Cherezińska →

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Sharon Kay Penman’s books

Average rating: 4.23 · 148,371 ratings · 10,405 reviews · 42 distinct works • Similar authors

	Here Be Dragons (Welsh Princes, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 24,979 ratings — published 1985 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sunne in Splendour 4.41 avg rating — 22,670 ratings — published 1982 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Christ and His Saints Slept (Plantagenets #1; Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 17,407 ratings — published 1994 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Falls the Shadow (Welsh Princes, #2) 4.40 avg rating — 10,637 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reckoning (Welsh Princes, #3) 4.45 avg rating — 9,730 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Time and Chance (Plantagenets #2; Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine #2) 4.30 avg rating — 9,402 ratings — published 2002 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devil's Brood (Plantagenets #3; Henry II & Eleanor of Aquitaine, #3) 4.38 avg rating — 8,168 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lionheart (Plantagenets #4; Richard the Lionheart #1) 4.11 avg rating — 7,825 ratings — published 2011 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Queen's Man (Justin de Quincy, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 8,039 ratings — published 1996 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A King's Ransom (Plantagenets #5; Richard the Lionheart #2) 4.37 avg rating — 3,880 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Sharon Kay Penman

Plantagenets (5 books)
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4.27 avg rating — 46,682 ratings

Welsh Princes (3 books)
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4.35 avg rating — 45,346 ratings

Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine (3 books)
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4.30 avg rating — 34,977 ratings

Justin de Quincy (4 books)
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3.95 avg rating — 17,694 ratings

Richard the Lionheart (2 books)
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4.20 avg rating — 11,705 ratings

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Quotes by Sharon Kay Penman (?)

“I inhale hope with every breath I take.”
― Sharon Kay Penman, When Christ and His Saints Slept

tags: hope

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“…she remembered watching a summer sunset from this very spot. Not so long ago; just a lifetime.”
― Sharon Kay Penman, When Christ and His Saints Slept

tags: sunset

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“I should like to freeze in time all those I do love...Rather like flowers pressed between the pages of a book!”
― Sharon Kay Penman

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Polls

2nd Quarter 2018 (April-June) Long Read Poll

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, 1849, 882 pages

62 votes, 15.7%

Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray, 1847, 867 pages

61 votes, 15.5%

The Arabian Nights, 800, 1049 pages

42 votes, 10.7%

Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley, 1976, 729 pages

35 votes, 8.9%

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu, 1008, 1182 pages

29 votes, 7.4%

Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell, 1866, 679 pages

27 votes, 6.9%

The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough, 1977, 692 pages

23 votes, 5.8%

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace, 1996, 1088 pages

22 votes, 5.6%

Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann, 1901, 731 pages

20 votes, 5.1%

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio, 1353, 909 pages

20 votes, 5.1%

The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing, 1962, 640 pages

15 votes, 3.8%

An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser, 1925, 859 pages

11 votes, 2.8%

The Histories by Herodotus, 400 BCE, 716 pages

9 votes, 2.3%

Daniel Deronda by George Eliot, 1865, 796 pages

6 votes, 1.5%

The Golden Bough by James George Frazer, 1890, 880 pages

5 votes, 1.3%

The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay Penman, 1982, 936 pages

4 votes, 1.0%

Five Smooth Stones by Ann Fairbairn, 1966, 933 pages

3 votes, 0.8%

394 total votes

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