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Bellême #3
Nemesis: In Pursuit of Justice
It is the year 1082, a baby girl survives by being brutally cut out from her mother’s womb. She is baptised Isabella, a bastard daughter of Prince Henry, youngest son of William the Conqueror.
Brought up and groomed at Henry’s court, she is
famed for her beauty and intelligence.
She is used by her father in his rapacious ambition to become King of England.
At the age of twelve, Isabella is sent by him on a mission to seduce and murder his enemy Robert de Bellême.
The plot fails. She betrays her father, defying him by falling in love and secretly marrying Robert.
On hearing of her husband's arrest and imprisonment by her father, now Henry 1st King of England, she flees Normandy to rebuild her life in Burgundy. She continually strives for her husband’s release in the face of her father’s twisted, insane vengeance, brought about by his growing fear of the threat to his crown, through the conjoined bloodline of Isabella and Robert de Bellême.
Terrified for her own safety and Henry’s attempts to murder her children, Isabella responds with little more than primitive instinct, retreating ever deeper into the wilderness of assassin, planning her own particular brand of retribution.
Brought up and groomed at Henry’s court, she is
famed for her beauty and intelligence.
She is used by her father in his rapacious ambition to become King of England.
At the age of twelve, Isabella is sent by him on a mission to seduce and murder his enemy Robert de Bellême.
The plot fails. She betrays her father, defying him by falling in love and secretly marrying Robert.
On hearing of her husband's arrest and imprisonment by her father, now Henry 1st King of England, she flees Normandy to rebuild her life in Burgundy. She continually strives for her husband’s release in the face of her father’s twisted, insane vengeance, brought about by his growing fear of the threat to his crown, through the conjoined bloodline of Isabella and Robert de Bellême.
Terrified for her own safety and Henry’s attempts to murder her children, Isabella responds with little more than primitive instinct, retreating ever deeper into the wilderness of assassin, planning her own particular brand of retribution.
236 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 28, 2014
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About the author
Roy Stedall-Humphryes
4 books1 followerMedieval history has always fascinated me especially castles. These historical fortresses inspired me to photograph the castles of England and Wales. Ken Russell's creative influence still pervades my photographic style today.
These images can be seen on my castle website:- www.castles-galore.com/
and at Collections Picture Library:-
www.collectionspicturelibrary.co.uk/
http://www.collectionspicturelibrary....
Whilst researching into the engineers, and craftsmen who constructed the great castles of the British Isles at the British Library in London, I came across the name,
After leaving art college, where I studied typography, graphic design and also studied photography under the celebrated film director Ken Russell, I continued my graphic design studies privately with Franta Belsky the noted Czech sculptor and his wife Margaret, a political cartoonist and illustrator.
Having worked for several years in Advertising I moved on towards magazine and newspaper journalism.
During this period I worked closely with boxing promoter, Michael Barrett, designing his brochures and producing a fine collection of photographic Images from the major boxing events.
Robert de Bellême and was so fascinated by this Norman nobleman, that I felt the story of Bellême and his family had to be told. The result was the writing of the Bellême series of novels; 'BELLÊME The Norman Warrior' was published in October 2013 and its sequel 'NEMESIS In Pursuit of Justice,' published in September 2014. My third historical novel has just been published, 'The RAVEN the LION and the WHITE DRAGON'.
For further details, see the author's website:- http://www.roystedallhumphryes.com
Spain has also held a fascination for me in all its forms from Medieval Castles to Wine, Food, Customs and Music.
A selection of these photographs can be seen on my castle website:- www.castles-galore.com/
and at Cephas Picture Library:-
www.cephas.com/
http://www.cephas.com/Search.aspx?sea...
These images can be seen on my castle website:- www.castles-galore.com/
and at Collections Picture Library:-
www.collectionspicturelibrary.co.uk/
http://www.collectionspicturelibrary....
Whilst researching into the engineers, and craftsmen who constructed the great castles of the British Isles at the British Library in London, I came across the name,
After leaving art college, where I studied typography, graphic design and also studied photography under the celebrated film director Ken Russell, I continued my graphic design studies privately with Franta Belsky the noted Czech sculptor and his wife Margaret, a political cartoonist and illustrator.
Having worked for several years in Advertising I moved on towards magazine and newspaper journalism.
During this period I worked closely with boxing promoter, Michael Barrett, designing his brochures and producing a fine collection of photographic Images from the major boxing events.
Robert de Bellême and was so fascinated by this Norman nobleman, that I felt the story of Bellême and his family had to be told. The result was the writing of the Bellême series of novels; 'BELLÊME The Norman Warrior' was published in October 2013 and its sequel 'NEMESIS In Pursuit of Justice,' published in September 2014. My third historical novel has just been published, 'The RAVEN the LION and the WHITE DRAGON'.
For further details, see the author's website:- http://www.roystedallhumphryes.com
Spain has also held a fascination for me in all its forms from Medieval Castles to Wine, Food, Customs and Music.
A selection of these photographs can be seen on my castle website:- www.castles-galore.com/
and at Cephas Picture Library:-
www.cephas.com/
http://www.cephas.com/Search.aspx?sea...
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