Lady Besieged Author:Florence Marvyne Bauer When Lord Henry rode off with Duke John of Gaunt to war in Spain, he left his wife, the Lady Delysea, in charge of his North Country castle and fief at a time when England was torn by nobles fighting for control of the young King Richard II, plunged into religoius discord by the persuasive heresy of John Wycliffe, seething economically as a resu... more »lt of Wat Tyler's rebellion, and the serfs grumbling against their fate.
L:ady Delysea has to cope with all these factors-in addition with a treacherous bailiff; her husband's cousin, greedy to inherit the castle and it's lands; a spy within her gates; in in-humane overlord; an invasion of marauding Scots.And always warring within her were her loyalty to her absent husband and her throbbing passion for the mysterious Sir Alan, who she suspected had been sent to tempt and betray her.« less