Showing results for "Robin" in Medieval

A kingdom burdened by war, taxes, and a tyrannical monarch... As England struggles to carry on in the absence of the good King Richard, other forces begin gathering to grab power. Meanwhile, those who suffer most are the common folk, crushed under the weight of excessive taxation and lawlessness.

In 1483, Edward and Richard of York—Edward, by law, already King of England—were placed, for their protection before Edward's coronation, in the Tower of London by their uncle Richard. Within months the boys disappeared without a trace, and for the next five hundred years the despised Richard III was suspected of their heartless murders.

In To the Tower Born, Robin Maxwell ingeniously imagines what might have happened to the missing princes.

Two enemies find themselves trapped together in an abandoned church on the far edge of Sherwood. Robin of Loxley and the Sheriff of Nottingham are both wounded, and without weapons, in the care of a hedge-priest. The ancient law of sanctuary means that no blood can be shed but emotions are running feverishly high. As the snow continues to fall, and with no apparent means of escape, new dangers begin to emerge. It becomes increasingly difficult to tell friend from foe.

“Masterfully written, The Secrets of Mary Bowser shines a new light onto our country’s darkest history.” —Brunonia Barry, bestselling author of The Lace Reader “Packed with drama, intrigue, love, loss, and most of all, the resilience of a remarkable heroine….What a treat!” —Kelly...

Ostfriesland im Jahr 1545 - Das Land ist zerstritten und es drängen immer mehr Glaubensflüchtlinge aus Holland ins Land. Zu dieser Zeit muss die Hebamme Hiske Aalken aus dem benachbarten Jever fliehen, da sie dort als "Toversche", als Hexe, angeklagt ist. Sie flieht in die Herrlichkeit Gödens und wird gleich bei ihrer Ankunft mit der bestialischen Ermordung des Cornelius von Ascheburg konfrontiert. Und sie stößt auch auf eine Gruppe von Menschen, die in einer Wagenburg rund um das Schloss Gödens lebt.