Moonlight and Shadow As the War of the Roses comes to a close, many are reaching for the throne. Amidst the political strife, Heloise Ballaster, maid-of-honour to Richard of Gloucster's duchess, and Sir Miles Rushden, friend and advisor to the Duke of Buckingham, are about to be ensnared in personal conflict as well as a deadly battle for the crown that could destroy them all. With her startling silver hair and rumors of her second sight making her unmarriageable, Heloise has endured much at her family's cruel hands. But she suffers the ultimate humiliation when her father kidnaps Sir Miles Rushden, a neighboring nobleman, and forces him to marry her at swordspoint. But Miles Rushden intends to secure a high place for himself among England's royal circle and he will not marry some wench of low birth. He never expected to see Heloise Ballaster ever again, but somehow, under false identity, she had worked her way into Buckingham's household. She seems to have charmed everyone around her, and he is certain that she has cast a spell over him...else why is he finding himself so drawn to his lovely young bride? "Isolde Martyn has taken a complex era filled with intrigues, passions, historical personages and events and made it accessible to the reader. This ability to fuse history with humanity is fiction at its finest. Like Sharon Kay Penman and Anya Seton, Ms. Martyn illuminates history through her passionate and remarkable characters and their love story. 4 1/2 stars." --RT Book Club
Berkley, December 2003 |
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