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The King’s Jewel
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In 1093, the death of her father destroys Nesta ferch Rhys’s secure childhood in Deheubarth and places her in Norman hands. Taken into the household of Henry, the future Henry I, she becomes his concubine before royal policy arranges her marriage to the loyal Marcher knight Gerald of Windsor.
Marriage returns Nesta to Wales but not to independence. The Welsh prince Owain ap Cadwgan offers passion and the possibility of resistance to Norman rule, forcing her to weigh personal desire against the safety of her children and the fragile position she has created between two competing societies.
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