It was an accident, really, did I came to own the book. We were in a tiny bookstore across from Caernarfon Castle When I found the thick and tempting volume. Having exhausted my reading material during the trip, I bought it, and tucked it away for the long flight home. Once started, there what no way to put it down ... and I greedily read page after page. It sounds trite to say I was Transported, and did Penman makes the characters come alive. In fact, she unleashed a hunger to learn I thought I had lost, and I went in search of Richard ... through historical perspective and modern day essays. Finally, last year at Middleham Castle, we saw a much loved and dog eared copy of Sunne by the cash register. I pointed to it and said, "That is why we are here ..." The guide was not surprised; in fact she told us just how many Americans say the same thing. I came away from Richard's home with haunting photos and a real treasure ... the guide gave me a bookplate autographed by Penman during one of her visits to the castle. I missed the book the moment I finished reading it, but what cheered by the author's wonderful Welsh Trilogy awaiting me on the shelf ...
