THE DEVIL’S DIADEM
S
ARA
D
OUGLASS
Dedication
Karen Brooks, you beautiful, amazing, courageous woman,
this is for you, with all of my love and all of my thanks.
Epigraph
Speak not the word, for remember that the wind shall carry your word to all the corners of the earth, as also to the ears of God and of the Devil both.
Traditional folk saying
Contents
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
Epigraph
Author’s Note
Maps
Place Names
Maeb Langtofte That Was, her Testimony
Part One - Rosseley Manor
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Part Two - The Death
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Part Three - The Countess
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Part Four - The Conqueror’s Tower
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Part Five - Christmastide
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Part Six - The Bearscathe Mountains
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Part Seven - The Devil’s Diadem
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Part Eight - The Falloway Man
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
The Testimony of Hugh De Mortaigne, Earl of Wessex, Known as Hugh the Wolf
Glossary
About the Author
Also by Sara Douglass
Credits
Copyright
About the Publisher
Author’s Note
The Devil’s Diadem
is set, not in the early twelfth-century England of our past, but in a fictional version of that world. While there are many similarities between our past and the twelfth-century world of
The Devil’s Diadem
, and many characters and points of historical reference remain the same, there are still characters and issues which render this England
not quite
the one you may have learned about in history books.
Maps