Groomed for his position as knight with England's finest in the year 1411, Sir Michael Berkeley of Gloucestershire achieves a cherished dream as guard to his majesty King Henry IV. Within months of initiation his world is turned upside down by a golden haired beauty that is new to the court of Lancaster. Seventeen year old Daphne, betrothed to ill-tempered Lord Smythe of Oxfordshire.
Sir Michael and Lady Daphne swiftly fall hopelessly in love under the veil of secrecy - as ill-fated courtiers in the king's court. Sir Michael is then called away to Calais by orders of Prince Harry. The prince's attempt is to out maneuver his father, the king, in order to gain the throne. Daphne then realizes she can no longer stay safely within the walls of Windsor. Within a year her life falls into deep despair as Lord Smythe's wife in a house of dark secrets.
In late summer of 1415 Daphne meets a wealthy older woman from near Stroud in Gloucestershire. Can this mysterious woman who cares so much for Daphne's well being help before its too late? Or are the woman's efforts to late as word from France and the battle of Agincourt seem gravely discouraging.
Follow this epic escapade of two young people searching to find their way through a maze of traumatic events unavoidable to basic survival in harsh medieval England.
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