The Blacksmith's Wife (2016)
“Lances met armour, splintering on impact and sending shards of wood cascading across the lists. The riders wheeled their mounts round to face each other once more. The crowd roared, stamping feet, pounding fists against the wooden fences that separated them from the contestants. In the stands the women gasped in alarm, clutching each other’s hands in excitement and suspense. To watch was agonising, but not a watcher, high-or low-born, could bear to tear his or her eyes from the spectacle before... them.
None more so than Joanna Sollers.
‘Sir Roger leads. Sir Godfrey must unseat him or deliver a strike to the head to win,’ muttered a man to Joanna’s left.
‘Sir Godfrey will win,’ his companion replied. ‘He has twice the experience of Sir Roger.’ Roger Danby would win the joust; Joanna’s certainty was iron hard. It was true that today’s encounters were between knights untried in battle but Sir Roger was the best and brightest.MoreLess
None more so than Joanna Sollers.
‘Sir Roger leads. Sir Godfrey must unseat him or deliver a strike to the head to win,’ muttered a man to Joanna’s left.
‘Sir Godfrey will win,’ his companion replied. ‘He has twice the experience of Sir Roger.’ Roger Danby would win the joust; Joanna’s certainty was iron hard. It was true that today’s encounters were between knights untried in battle but Sir Roger was the best and brightest.MoreLess
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