# When Christ and His Saints Slept

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- Book: [When Christ and His Saints Slept](https://www.bookquiver.com/sharon-kay-penman/when-christ-and-his-saints-slept) ([When Christ and His Saints Slept.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/sharon-kay-penman/when-christ-and-his-saints-slept.md))
- Authors: [Sharon Penman](https://www.bookquiver.com/sharon-kay-penman)
- Publisher: ballantine_books
- ISBN: 978-03-4539-668-6
- Pages: 784
- Published: 1996-02-06
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A. D. 1135. As church bells tolled for the death of England's King Henry I, his barons faced the unwelcome prospect of being ruled by a woman: Henry's beautiful daughter Maude, Countess of Anjou. But before...