Ergebnis für "Evan" in Mittelalter

En de las épocas más convulsas de la historia británica, el año 1066 marca el inicio de la brutal invasión normanda. Miles de hombres fueron reclutados a la fuerza en mitad de la noche para defender su tierra, mientras los normandos arrasaban con todo a su paso. Nora vive con su madre en Pons Aelius cuando su amigo William, herido de muerte, le advierte de que no han logrado contener al enemigo. Poco después, su aldea es destruida y ella es hecha prisionera junto a otras mujeres.

It is the summer of 1346. England and Scotland are at war. Earl Raegenhere Auenel of Berwick and Earl Edmund Garrard of Northumberland want nothing more than to end the bloodshed between their lands, and Earl Garrard’s daughter, Lady Cristiana, is the lynchpin in their treaty. Cristiana has rejected 16 suitors, terrified of marriage for one reason: death. Descended from a long line of women who died giving birth to their first and only children, Cristiana fears she will befall the same fate if she marries. The only thing that gives her any peace is her work as a midwife.

When Mabel’s lover turns her over to the King, she’s thrown in jail for being a witch. Fully expecting her love to come save her, she languishes for months in prison. After all, if he sold her out for riches and came back to rescue her, that would be rather amusing. But actual betrayal, there’s no amusement in that.