Brothers 4: King Richard Lion Heart and King John Lackland
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Brothers 4 is a story about the four Angevin brothers, sons of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, and four fictitious Irish orphans who are raised by an English knight, Sir Hugh Fitz Gilbert of Tonbridge. The events and most of the persons in the story are true to history, as far as our knowledge permits. But the doings of the four Irishmen are fictitious. However, it is through the eyes of these young Irishmen that we get to know the main Angevin characters, King Richard the Lion Heart, and King John, Lackland. I have endeavoured to portray these two kings as honestly as I can.
We get to know King Richard through the eyes of the scholarly Irish son, Robyn O’Currain and his warlike servant, Brendan. At the same time King John was ramping around England and into French lands and doing mischief wherever it struck his fancy. We get to know him through the critical eyes of the warlike Irish son, Bruce O’Currain and the gifted singer and scribe, his servant, Drew. Hence, it is possible to develop a balanced view of these two kings by learning what both warlike and scholarly men might have thought of them. What emerges is a more rounded and true character of each man than often steps out of the history books.
The story is told through a series of letters and conversations among the Irish brothers and entries from their diaries (fictitious, but accurate as to time and place).
N. Beetham Stark
Nellie Beetham Stark was born November 20, 1933, in Norwich, Connecticut to Theodore and Dorothy Pendleton Beetham. She attended the Norwich Free Academy and later Connecticut College in New London, CT before graduating with a MA and a Ph.D. degree in Botany (Ecology) from Duke University.Stark worked for the U.S. Forest Service as a botanist for six years and then joined the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada where she worked on desert and forest ecology and later tropical nutrient cycling. She has consulted in many countries, working for some time in Russia, Australia and South America. She developed the theory that explains why tropical white sand soils cannot grow good food crops and described the decline processes of soils. She has also developed a science of surethology, or survival behavior which describes how humans must adapt to their environments if they hope to survive long term. She has 96 professional publications and has published in four languages.Her life long hobby has been English history, with emphasis on naval history. Her family came originally from Tristan Da Cunha in the South Atlantic in the early 1900’s. Her grandfather was a whale ship captain for a time which spurred her interest in naval history. She also paints pictures of sailing ships which she has used as covers for her historical novels. She has built several scale models of sailing ships and does extensive research on ships and naval history, traveling to England once yearly.Stark was awarded the Connecticut Medal by Connecticut College in 1986 and the Distinguished Native Daughter Award for South Eastern Connecticut in 1985. She was named outstanding Forestry Professor three times by the students of the University of Montana, School of Forestry.Today she writes historical novels, mostly set in England. She has published some 21 novels in the past twenty years, mostly on the internet. She lives on a farm in Oregon and raises hay and cows.Stark's two most popular book series are:Early Irish-English History1. The Twins of Torsh, 44 A.D. to 90 A.D.1. Rolf "The Red" MacCanna, 796-8462. An Irishman's Revenge, 1066-11124. Brothers 4, 1180-12165. Edward's Right Hand, 1272-13076. We Three Kings, 1377-1422The Napoleonic Wars at Sea (Benjamin Rundel)1. Humble Launching - A Story of a Little Boy Growing Up at Sea, 17872. Midshipman Rundel - The Wandering Midshipman, 17953. Mediterranean Madness - The Luckless Leftenant Rundel, 17974. The Adventures of Leftenant Rundel, 1797-17995. Forever Leftenant Rundel, 1800-18036. Captain Rundel I – Trafalgar and Beyond, 1803-18067. Captain Rundel II – Give Me a Fair Wind, 1806-18098. Captain Rundel III – Bend Me a Sail, 1810-18139. Admiral Rundel – 1814-1846
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