内容简介：
Deposed by Henry Bolingbroke, Richard II has died mysteriously. Bolingbroke has become Henry IV and must now consolidate his hold on the throne and country, threatened by a host of enemies -- the French, Welsh rebels, Scottish raiders, and most dangerously by his own vassals. His third son, John, Duke of Bedford, grew to manhood fighting for his father on the Northern Marches. He wages a seemingly endless struggle against treachery, the invading Scots, and always a shortage of money and supplies. His strongest ally is his older brother, the future Henry V, who faces similar problems on the Welsh Marches. Filled with the clash of arms, bitter rivalries, and deadly power struggles, this is Georgette Heyer's most ambitious novel.