**Elzbieta Cherezinska's _The Widow Queen_ is the epic story of a Polish queen whose life and name were all but forgotten until now. ** _The bold one,_ they call her--too bold for most. To her father, the great duke of Poland, Swietoslawa and her two sisters represent three chances for an allia
Hoodsman: Queens and Widows
β Scribed by Smith, Skye
- Book ID
- 109833959
- Publisher
- Skye Smith
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 151 KB
- Series
- The Hoodsman 10
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781927699096
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
In 1079, the Conqueror is critically wounded by Raynar in a skirmish at Gerberoi. With the Conqueror ill, Philip of France encourages rebellions against Norman rule. Raynar is in Scotland visiting Margaret when Northumbrian rebels kill the Bishop of Durham. In revenge Regent Odo's army Harrows the North, yet again.
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