• Vestiges of Valor

  • House of de Nerra, Book 1
  • By: Kathryn Le Veque
  • Narrated by: Brian J. Gill
  • Length: 10 hrs and 30 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (185 ratings)

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Vestiges of Valor

By: Kathryn Le Veque
Narrated by: Brian J. Gill
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1170 AD - his name is Valor.

Sir Valor "Val" de Nerra is one of Henry II's most trusted knights. As the Itinerant Justice of East Hampshire, Val's word is law. A fair and just man, and a very handsome one, he enjoys a good deal of attention and respect. His life is a prestigious and wealthy one until he faces a decision one day that will change the course of his life.

Val must order the execution of his love's brother.

Val has adored Lady Vesper since the moment they met. As he strives to win her back, the king orders Val to participate in an event that will shock the country for years to come - the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket.

Will he obey? Or will he refuse?

From a man who had enjoyed the wealth, love, and admiration of all to a man who falls swiftly from grace, be part of Val and Vesper's journey as Val struggles to regain what he lost and comes to understand what is truly important in life in this novel of astonishing emotion, passion, and pain.

©2017 Kathryn Le Veque (P)2017 Kathryn Le Veque

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Great Voice meets Great Writer

You can't go wrong with a book by Kathryn Le Veque narrated by Brian Gill. These two together are awesome. Brian Gill's voice is so different with each character that it sounds as if there is more than one person in the scenes. Thoroughly enjoyed and strongly recommend.

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Loves it!

Kathryn does it again!! She brings something for everyone in her stories. I almost wet my pants laughing when the twin bit his grandmother's finger. I so look forward to the next one.

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Great book

I love all of Kathryn Le Veque's books but this is one of my favorites.

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A Historical Event in Living Color!

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This read is powerful! I read it five months ago and have just finished listening to the narration, narrated by Brian J. Gill.

Gill depicts the emotional and character conflict superbly. A great story with a good narrator gives me great satisfaction in revisiting the story. If you have purchased the book, then consider the audiobook. Audible.com gives a special price discount for these customers.
Recently, I read about another author who has taken the four knights who assassinated Thomas Beckett, Archbishop of Canterbury, and given them each a story. I wish I could remember the author, because I’d love to follow-up with the historical event. If any of you readers know, please let me know!

Simply, when an author is able to turn back time, reliving a historical event, humanizing it, breathing life anew into it, I think the author has done more than a service of entertaining. For these reasons, Le Veque gets my vote of confidence and my turn-to author for Medieval Historical Romance reads.

Valor, its meaning, not the name of the main character, plays a large part in this story whose powerful setting and writing style took me from the heights of happiness to the depths of despair. Author Kathryn Le Veque picks the perfect period in history where so many intrigues take place, where valor and honor are challenged and where love flourishes even amongst its vestiges.

Valor has a job to do--Itinerant Justice of East Hampshire. He has faithfully executed all the king’s commands with fortitude and aplomb. He has gained favor with King Henry and those who support the king. A command once again comes to Valor with a missive delivered by one of the knights of the king’s inner circle. This particular missive challenges Valor, for he’s damned if he follows his king’s demand and damned if he does not. He is commanded to arrest Thomas Beckett, the Archbishop of Canterbury at that time.

Vesper seems demure enough. She appears quite the lady, well-educated for the times, has a beautiful voice Valor falls in love with. The hidden spirit of Vesper comes to play when she realizes she loves Valor and will move heaven and earth to keep him safe. Yes, my kind of heroine!

Valor’s mother, Margaretha, is an interesting character. She’s a woman of much perception, rather sharp-tongued, with a deep love for her son. She gets me eye-rolling! Her greatest desire is to have grandchildren, since Valor is the only one to produce the heirs for the House of De Nerra. There are several scenes where she is a total harpy, badgering her son to marry, to have children. I could see myself in her position with our son! Valor doesn’t have a well of patience either, but I do marvel at what patience he has! She is also one who accesses the worth of people quickly – sometimes spot-on, sometimes misses the mark by a wide margin. I feel she'd be a great character to continue learning about. A story of her own, perhaps.

Another character I’m certain we shall see again in the de Nerra series is an old friend and knight, Sir McCloud d’Avignon, father to the lovely heroine, Vesper. He is a man who has changed with time, not the knight Valor once knew. I enjoyed the way author Le Veque layers this story – for McCloud has a story of his own. He is the one who changes the most, but can he be forgiven for his past?

It’s marvelous how the author takes a momentous historical event weaving into it a story of love, pain, untruths and honor. All her books tug on my emotions.

There are scenes where I cry and laugh at the same time. Wonderfully heartwarming and at the same time, heart-wrenching. Don't miss reading and listening to the first of a new series by Kathryn Le Veque.

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Valor and Resort's story

Loved the audio version! Read the book first, then thoroughly enjoyed Brian J. Gill's audio performance.

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good book, little different than the usual. Enjoy

I really enjoyed the premise of this book. The Plot was a little different and it was a welcome change. the DeNerrafamily is one of my favorites!

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4 1/2 Great Stars!

This is another great book from Kathryn Le Veque. I have loved everything that I have listened to so far. This book has it all from the plotting, backstabbing, scheming, killing, fighting, and falling in love.

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Wonderful Story

A great story of a mother who finally gets what she has been begging for, her son happily married and grandchildren to spoil. Love the characters written by Kathryn Le Veque and brought to life by the talented Brian J. Gill.

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A Very Gentle Read

I loved this story. I loved the main characters. The narrator was fantastic. Val is perfect and noble. Reason ruled. A good fictional account of a real event.

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My 2nd Time Around

In the search of feeling the same high I felt while reading and watching the Game of Thrones series, I stumbled across Kathryn Le Veque. I fell in love with her novels, and was apparent her research of medieval figures and events were extensive in each book. Although she altered some historical events for creative purposes, but her storylines and characters seemed so realistic that I had to check if they actually existed. I would never bore from listening and reading Le Veque's novels over and over.

Brian J. Gill was entertaining. His tone reflected the appropriate fluctuation in emotion as intended with each scene, and he gave each character their own unique voice. I wish Le Veque would republish the audiobooks narrated by Daniel Dorse using Brian J. Gill or Brad Gills as the narrators. Le Veque think about it... Pretty please.

Since Le Veque's medieval novels interlace, this time around I decided to listen and read her books in chronological order. I would love for Amazon Prime (or HBO, Netflix, Hulu etc) adapt a television series based off Le Veque's medieval novels.

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