Haunted Knights (Montbryce~the Next Generation Historical Romance)
“Her hands were bound and she was wedged between two small iron chests, clinging to the strap that secured them to the donkey. Letyce sulked, seemingly slow to recover from mal de mer. Her sneering smile had flickered only once when she espied the animal Paulina was to ride.
Ignoring Letyce’s pouting glare, Paulina gazed at the soaring towers of the two Abbayes built by William the Conqueror, one for men, the other for women. She had secretly dreamed of a day she might visit the tomb of the Conq...ueror’s wife, Matilda, marked by a black slab under the choir of the Abbaye aux Dames. Now there was no hope of venturing inside.
As they rode on through the cobbled streets, a shiver snaked up her spine at the forbidding sight of Caen Castle, citadel of Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandie.
Here was the seat of a power that threatened peace in England and Normandie. Vincent and Lucien had explained to her the ongoing political struggle between Curthose and his brother, King Henry.
Denis had told her of the Montbryces’ support for Henry and Curthose’s anger over what he perceived as betrayal.MoreLess
Ignoring Letyce’s pouting glare, Paulina gazed at the soaring towers of the two Abbayes built by William the Conqueror, one for men, the other for women. She had secretly dreamed of a day she might visit the tomb of the Conq...ueror’s wife, Matilda, marked by a black slab under the choir of the Abbaye aux Dames. Now there was no hope of venturing inside.
As they rode on through the cobbled streets, a shiver snaked up her spine at the forbidding sight of Caen Castle, citadel of Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandie.
Here was the seat of a power that threatened peace in England and Normandie. Vincent and Lucien had explained to her the ongoing political struggle between Curthose and his brother, King Henry.
Denis had told her of the Montbryces’ support for Henry and Curthose’s anger over what he perceived as betrayal.MoreLess
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