A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury

Edith Pargeter. Headline Book Publishing, $7.99 (378pp) ISBN 978-0-7472-3366-4

Henry IV of England becomes jealous of the friendship between his son Prince Hal and a knight known as Hotspur in this account of events leading up to the 1303 battle of Shrewsbury. Pargeter, who also writes as Ellis Peters, serves up ``a tale compounded of romance, stirring adventure and subtle psychological insight,'' said PW. (Dec.)

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