โ Scribed by Jodi Taylor
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
It's Christmas Day 1066 and a team from St Mary's is going to witness the coronation of William the Conqueror.
Or so they think.
However, History seems to have different plans for them and when Max finds herself delivering a child in a peasant's hut, she can't help wondering what History is up to.
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