The Sword Decides: A Chronicle of a Queen in the Dark Ages
Sep 2026 · Aeneas Press
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Complete and unabridged, with 57 full-page plates by Giovanni Paolo Panini, Francesco Guardi and Canaletto. Joanna of Naples in the fourteenth century - a queen accused of murdering her husband, and the sword that settles what the courts cannot. Bowen took a real trial and a real papal judgement and left the verdict where history left it. This edition is bound with 57 plates of painting, among them works by Benozzo Gozzoli, Canaletto and Anton Raphael Mengs, ranging from 1450 to 1912.
Complete and unabridged, with 57 full-page plates by Giovanni Paolo Panini, Francesco Guardi and Canaletto. Joanna of Naples in the fourteenth century - a queen accused of murdering her husband, and the sword that settles what the courts cannot. Bowen took a real trial and a real papal judgement ...
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Marjorie Bowen (1885-1952) was the pen name of Gabrielle Long, an English writer born in Hayling Island into poverty. She wrote her first novel at sixteen to support her mother and sister and went on to produce over a hundred and fifty books of historical fiction, biography and supernatural tales. Her works include The Viper of Milan, The Sword Decides, and Black Magic.
Marjorie Bowen (1885-1952) was the pen name of Gabrielle Long, an English writer born in Hayling Island into poverty. She wrote her first novel at sixteen to support her mother and sister and went on to produce over a hundred and fifty books of historical fiction, biography and supernatural tales...
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