With the third and final blow, the crown of his head was separated from the head, and the blood dyes the floor of the cathedral. A lawyer by training, she became a full-time novelist by her mid-thirties. At this, they retrieve their weapons and rush inside the cathedral for the killing. Sharon Kay Penman is the author of ten previous historical novels and four mysteries. The novel ends with a detailed description of Becket's death: the knights who pursued him inform Becket he was to go to Winchester to give an account of his actions, but Becket refuses. Moreover, Becket must reconcile duty to his sovereign and duty to his God which ultimately leads to his death and martyrdom and stains King Henry II's reign. King Henry II's decision to elevate Becket to Archbishop of Canterbury is a fulcrum for discord between Henry and Eleanor. Penman brings alive for the reader the period as King Henry II becomes increasingly estranged from his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine (although Eleanor and Henry have eight children during the eight years), and from his close friend and adviser Thomas Becket. Time and Chance is the sequel to Penman's When Christ and His Saints Slept and spans a 15-year period from 1156 to 1171. Time and Chance is about King Henry II, Eleanor of Aquitaine, and the rift between Henry II and Thomas Becket.
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