However, Simon convinces Nell of his desire. When Simon asks Nell to marry him, she refuses because she knows that her brother will never allow the marriage because Simon is not of the high birth her brother would want for her. A few years later, Simon has several occasions to get to know Nell, the favorite sister of King Henry III.
This trick works and soon Simon becomes a respected lord in England despite his French birth. Simon goes to the current Earl of Leicester and talks him into returning the lands to Simon. However, the lands and title of Earl of Leicester were taken from Simon's father by King John. Simon de Montfort is a second son, therefore he is not eligible to inherit his father's lands and titles. Falls the Shadow is the story of a unique, brave man who fought for what was right even when his methods seemed wrong. It is this chivalric code that also causes Simon to turn against his King and fight for the rights of all people, common man and lords alike. In all this, Simon lives his life according to a strict chivalric code of his own making.
Simon then fights in the Holy Lands, acts as the King's Seneschal in France, and rescues his king from rebellion.
In this novel, Simon de Montfort talks his way into an earldom before scandalizing all of England by marrying the King's favorite sister. Falls the Shadow is the second novel in the medieval trilogy by Sharon Kay Penman.
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