1093. The three sons of William the Conqueror fight with each other for control of the Anglo-Norman kingdom created by their father’s conquest. Nest ferch Rhys, the daughter of the last independent Welsh king, is captured during a Norman assault on her lands. Raised with her captors, the powerful Montgommery family, Nest is educated to be the wife of Arnulf de Montgommery, in spite of her pre-existing betrothal to a Welsh prince.

The first book in the Conquest trilogy.