A Second Chance (The Chronicles of St. Mary's, #3)

by Jodi Taylor

That Time moves like a river, meandering around galaxies, speeding up or slowing down as it’s caught in backwaters or eddies. That there are places where Time flows differently. As in a river.’

‘Newton’s Arrow of Time. Time can only move in one direction. Forwards. Never deviating from its path. Never speeding up or slowing

‘The ruling family is headed by King Priam. He has a large family, mostly sons, nineteen of whom are legitimate. His official wife is Queen Hecuba and the most notable of their offspring are Hector, Paris, Deiphobos, Helenus, and Kassandra. Hector is Priam’s heir, favourite son and hero of Troy. His wife is Andromache and their infant son is known as Astyanax, Lord

When you have a small population, children are valued – they are the future, after all, and, for the kids themselves, this manifests itself in a careless confidence.

In fact, right up until the twentieth century, no woman with any pretension to fashion at all would display a complexion anything other than milk white.

‘Toxic honey. Made by bees using pollen from rhododendrons growing by the Black Sea. Causes disorientation, uncoordinated movements, nausea, and hallucinations. Both Pompey and Xenophon’s armies were infected with the stuff and were defeated.

Under Henry, every Sunday (after church, naturally) was devoted to archery practice. Every man and boy took part – even girls got in on the act.