To the Castle

By Joan Wolf

Book Overview

To the Castle by Joan Wolf released on Jul 26, 2005 is available now for purchase.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0778322033
• ISBN13: 9780778322030
• Release Date: July 2005
• Publisher: Mira Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 4.2" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

relaxing read

Although not deep in any way it was a relaxing and enjoyable break from reality. Based on this book I will be buying more of her work.

Lovely Christian Romance

I bought To the Castle without reading the reviews. I'm glad did. It far better than most of these reviews say it is. Yes, it's not the best written book but it still is a good read. It has a good plot line and characters. What truly lacking is the dialog. I have read FAR worst books. I don't understand the bad reviews for this one. The more I got into the book the better it got. Joan Wolf put a lot of research into this book. I really enjoyed it. While browsing in the bookstore, I decided to give it a chance. If you don't want to miss out, you should too. This book had everything you need to create a good romance: a dashing hero, a beautiful heroine, a person who always seems to interfere with the hero and heroine, and, most of all...PASSION! The book does not rely heavily on the sensual scenes. The story is so good that these scenes just add spice to an already great book. The relationship between the leads is endearing. I like that Robert is a good man. Nell is a strong Christian woman. I cheered for both Robert and Nell. They worked well with each other. Nell helped her father come to peace with God before he died and that was great. Engaging characters, attention to historical detail, and humorous dialogue will keep you reading long into the night. The interaction between the leads was great. There is enough conflict to make the story line interesting and not so much that your left wondering why they ever got together.

Very good 12th century fiction

I thought that this was a very good book set in the late 1100's. The author did us a great favor by changing the name of King Stephen's wife from Matilda to Maud. Since the invading Empress's name is also Matilda, it would have been very confusing if the reader was having to figure out which Matilda she was talking about. I also thought that this was a great tease into the history of the Monarchy. Empress Matilda's son eventually became King Henry II and King Stephen's son Eustace died a year before Stephen in 1153.

fine twelfth century romance

Eleanor "Nell" de Bonville has spent the last decade at the Convent of St. Cecilia as a "payment" to God for providing her parents with a male heir. However, her brother Geoffrey died and now her sister Sybilla has joined the angels so her father the Earl of Lincoln feels he owes no debt to God. He removes a stunned Nell from the convent just a few months before she was to take her vows. Her father and the Earl of Wiltshire had arranged a marriage between Sybilla and the latter's grandson Roger. As civil was seems imminent between King Stephen and Empress Matilda, alliances are critical to survival so Nell will substitute for her deceased sister in this political arrangement. Nell and Roger marry and he is very kind to her, even waiting to consummate their vows. As they fall in love, Roger's duty to King Stephen puts him at risk. This twelfth century romance uses the backdrop of the civil war to provide a warm tender tale of love between two deserving nice individuals. Fans will empathize with Nell struggling to adapt to the real world after being cloistered in a convent for a decade just as they will appreciate the patient kindhearted Roger slowly enabling his wife to adjust while being there for her though he seems more twenty-first century with his compassionate outlook. The battle royal augments a fine medieval romance. Harriet Klausner