Description
Product ID: | 9780751538113 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Love Knot |
Authors: | Author: Elizabeth Chadwick |
Page Count: | 480 |
Subjects: | Historical fiction, Historical fiction |
Description: | Select Guide Rating * Whilst mediaeval England does battle against itself in the throes of civil war, a young midwife fights for her life in this hostile land. The year is 1140 and England is torn by the strife of civil war. Oliver Pascal chances upon a village raided by mercenaries and rescues the survivors: an orphaned boy, who is the illegitimate son of the old king, and his mother''s maid, a young widow named Catrin. After escorting them to Bristol Castle, they are accepted into the household of Robert of Gloucester and while Catrin finds herself falling in love with Oliver she suffers a deep boredom at the frivolity of court life. Thus when the old midwife Etheldreda offers to teach her the secrets of her ancient art, Catrin agrees. |
Imprint Name: | Sphere |
Publisher Name: | Little, Brown Book Group |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2006-01-19 |