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In Falls the Shadow ( 1988 ) Penman chronicles the family relationships of King Henry III and his brother-in-law Simon de Montfort.

Falls the Shadow is a bridge novel as Penman uses the Simon de Montfort rebellion to lead her to the conclusion of the trilogy in The Reckoning.

As Penman explains: '“ After I ’ d finished Here Be Dragons, I knew I wanted to continue the story .... At first I ’ d planned to write one book in which Simon de Montfort would share top billing with Llewelyn Fawr ’ s grandson, Llewelyn ap Gruffydd, who later wed Simon ’ s daughter.

I soon realized, though, that this was too much to tackle in one book, that Simon and Llewelyn each deserved his own novel.

So I decided to devote Falls the Shadow to Simon and The Reckoning to Llewelyn ".