The Bishop's Heir
novel 1984 Chronicles of the Deryni
Record
| First published | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | |
| Reader rating | 4.11 (3,928 ratings, collected 2026-11-06) |
| Page count | 346 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780345318244 |
Synopsis
The first of the Histories of King Kelson novels (Ballantine hardcover, 1984) is set in the kingdom of Gwynedd in late 1123 and early 1124. King Kelson Haldane faces a growing rebellion led by the Mearan Pretender, Princess Caitrin Quinnell, and by the former archbishop Edmund Loris, who has escaped imprisonment. After Dhugal MacArdry is captured and Kelson raids the Mearan city of Ratharkin, the king agrees to marry Caitrin's daughter Sidana to help avert open rebellion. The wedding ends in tragedy when Sidana's brother Llewell kills her, leaving Kelson grieving and the old political conflict poised to erupt into war.
Where it sits
- Universe: Chronicles of the Deryni
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Katherine Kurtz
Notes
- Part of the Histories of King Kelson trilogy; no matching series record in the data.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within Chronicles of the Deryni (standalone work): position 7 of 16: previous Camber the Heretic (1981) · next The King's Justice (1985)
Sources
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