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A story that centers around chivalry and arranged marriage. Set during the third crusade 1189-1192 on the England Welsh borders a young Norman lady Eveline is saved by the elderly Baron Constable De Lacy. Her father is killed and their castle besieged until Constable arrives and massacres the Welsh.
After lifting the siege Eveline is escorted by Constable to her aunt's nunnery at Gloucester. On her way she stays a night at the house of a Saxon kinswoman, the Lady of Baldringham. She is made to s ...more
After lifting the siege Eveline is escorted by Constable to her aunt's nunnery at Gloucester. On her way she stays a night at the house of a Saxon kinswoman, the Lady of Baldringham. She is made to s ...more
Not my favourite of Scott's novels but still a well researched story set in England during the time of King Henry II and Archbishop Baldwin.
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