Lady Robyn

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Macmillan, 2004 M07 11 - 432 pages
The author of two highly praised novels, The Spiral Dance and American Woman, R.. Garcia y Robertson returns with a charming time-travel romance sequence. In Knight Errant, Robyn Stafford, a young American woman hiking in England near the Welsh border, was swept back in time to the 1460s, the age of the War of the Roses. There she fell in love with a young knight, Edward, son of the Duke of York. Cast back in time by witchcraft, Robyn, a young executive from Hollywood, raised in Montana, has chosen to stay there out of love for Edward, who has promised to marry her.

Now in Lady Robyn, Robyn's fantasy of courtly romance comes up against the brute reality of medieval politics: the politics of murder, warfare, and betrayal. The War of the Roses is no longer a textbook subject, it's messing up her life, and so is the noble witch who, though he doesn't know it, is Edward's enemy. Edward's father Richard is making a bid for the throne, and if he wins it, Edward will be heir apparent. And if Robyn marries him, she will someday be queen and her children heirs to the throne as well. In the 1460s, that means living with the constant threat of death. The survival rate for heirs is not high. Will Robyn reject her love or risk the lives of her children to be?

This is an engrossing time-travel romance in the mold of Diana Gabaldon's bestselling timeslip tales.
 

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Contents

Tournament Day
3
Smithfield
33
Lamastide
70
Proud Cis
105
Halloween
133
Fools Season
175
Night and Fogge
177
Somerset
213
The Honour of Pontefract
281
The Paper Crown
311
Wakefield
313
Sherwood
348
Nine Ladies Dancing
364
Bridge on the Dove
392
The Devils Chair
405
Copyright

Robin Hood Hill
240

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About the author (2004)

R. Garcia y Robertson taught at UCLA and Villanova before turning to writing. He lives in Mt. Vernon, Washington.

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