Quote Originally Posted by frogbeastegg
Curses. :sigh: Oh well, not the end of the world. It's the earlier kings I'm most interested in, and those gaps irritate me most. I've got Crouch's King Stephan, but nothing at all for Henry III, save for the mentions he gets in the general overview histories. I really want a good Henry III.

I've only had the Mortimer book for a couple of weeks, and I've got some others I want to finish before I do much with it. The random few pages here and there I've read were good enough; I'm quite looking forward to reading it properly.
If you want a good book about the life and reign of King Stephen, read Jim Bradbury's Stephen and Matilda: The Anarchy 1139-54. Highly recommended.